The Jewish Wife & Duck Variations ( Classic,Drama )

	Running Dates:	February 9-March 4, 2012
	Theatre:	Jewish Repertory Theatre 2640 North Forest Rd Getzville, NY 14068
	Contact / Ticket Info:	Direct Line: 716-688-4114 ext. 334 Box Office: 716-688-4114 ext. 391

The Jewish Wife by Bertolt Brecht.  Frankfurt, 1935. Judith Keith, the Jewish wife of a consultant doctor, is packing. As she phones friends and relatives to tell them of her imminent departure it becomes apparent that she is fleeing Germany in the face of Nazi prejudice; to save her husband, Fritz, embarrassment and probable loss of position. She rehearses a frank confrontation with Fritz but when he returns, they lapse into the clichés that both know are lies: "You could do with a change of air ... It's only a couple of weeks."

The Duck Variations  by David Mamet.  The play depicts a discussion taking place between two elderly men sitting on a park bench watching ducks. The dialogue begins with the mating habits of ducks and runs to examine law, friendship and death. The principal irony is that the men really know nothing about ducks. If they did, it would not improve their beautiful fugue on the theme of the possibility of happiness. Rather they use what experience has taught them and scattered, possibly incorrect ideas and facts to make guesses. They each assure the other that their guesses are established fact. By argument and occasional agreement a composite view of ducks and by extension, the world, begins to emerge.