Judy Gold's one-woman show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother is set to re-open at St. Luke's Theatre following a successful run at Ars Nova Theater last spring. The play, written by Gold and Kate Moira Ryan and directed by Karen Kohlhaas, begins performances on September 27.
Gold and Ryan wrote their script after a five-year journey across the U.S. in which they interviewed more than 50 Jewish women of different ages, ethnicities and occupations. The resulting show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, reflects Gold's personal journey to becoming a parent while learning to be a daughter to her own nagging Jewish mother.
Gold received a 2006 Drama Desk nomination for outstanding solo performance for 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. She is the host of HBO's At the Multiplex with Judy Gold and hosted Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time and the GLADD Media Awards. Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing The Rosie O'Donnell Show and has starred in stand-up comedy specials on Comedy Central and HBO. She also appeared in the hit film The Aristocrats. A book based on 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother will be released by Hyperion on Mother's Day 2007. Gold lives in New York with her children, Henry and Ben.
Opening night for 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother is set for October 12.
