Bloodlines by Dan Baum directed by Marianne Angelella and Peter Shipley

presented by Fells Point Corner Theater
251 S. Ann St., Baltimore, MD 21231
June 18 - July 5, 2009
(no July 4th performance)
Thurs - Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 7 pm
Reservations: website or 410-276-7837

When a young college student, Sarah, and her boyfriend come home to celebrate Passover, her identity is called into question as family secrets and long-held grudges are revealed. The absence of her father and serious illness of her grandmother intensify the unraveling of Sarah's previous sense of self, security and family harmony.

...playwright Daniel Baum rips the band-aid off the surface good feeling that ambiguous multiculturalism involves. It's a Seder disaster that leaves family members more divided than ever, between the Jews and non-Jews, orthodox and reformed, widow and mother-in-law, boyfriend and girlfriend. Baum packs it all in and, by the end, gives you much to think about. The final question--who is a Jew?--surfaces and Baum, quite correctly, leaves it unanswered.

Cast Sarah Friedman: Lucia Diaz-French Lila Friedman: Janise Whelan Miriam Friedman: Dianne Hood Herb Friedman: Michael Barrett Josh Jacobs: Christopher Krysztofiak	Click on photo for full size (1500x1000, 250dpi) Cast names from left to right in all pix.
Herb Friedman, played by Michael Barrett asks his wife Miriam (played by Dianne Hood) to understand their granddaughter Sarah in a Baltimore Playwrights Festival world premiere of Bloodlines by Dan Baum, playing at Fells Point Corner Theatre (www.fpct.com) until July 5. photo by Ken Stanek	The Friedman family (and Sarah's boyfriend Josh) sits around the Seder table to find the real meaning of Passover (left to right, Janise Whelan as Lila Friedman. Christopher Krysztofiak as Josh Jacobs, Lucia Diaz-French as Sarah Friedman, Michael Barrett as Herb Friedman and Dianne Hood as Miriam Friedman in a Baltimore Playwrights Festival world premiere of Bloodlines by Dan Baum, playing at Fells Point Corner Theatre (www.fpct.com) until July 5. photo by Ken Stanek
Josh and Sarah photo by Ken Stanek	Herb and Miriam photo by Ken Stanek
Lila, Josh, Sarah, Herb, and Miriam photo by Ken Stanek	Lila , Sarah, and Josh photograph by Ken Stanek
Lila, Herb, and Miriam photo by Ken Stanek	Sarah photo by Ken Stanek