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HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE by Cary Gitter (Re-Release)

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 9:30 a.m.

\u201cA gorgeous high note...a Jewish screwball romance\u2026 uproarious and beautifully cast, with tone-perfect direction by Colette Robert."\xa0
\u2014 The New York Times\xa0

It's 1933, and a young Jewish immigrant has returned to his Polish hometown in search of a wife. On a snowy afternoon, he sets his sights on Chava, a savvy, sarcastic shopgirl in a local hat store.\xa0\xa0

Directed by Colette Robert (STEW, Behind the Sheet), HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE by Cary Gitter (EST\u2019s Youngblood, The Sabbath Girl) features a sparkling cast: Eli Gelb (Skintight, Indignation) and Lucy DeVito (\u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,\u201d PoA\u2019s Gun Show). After the play, host Claudia Catania moderates a conversation with the artists.