Yaacobi & Leidental

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the U.S. premiere of Yaacobi & Leidental, a funny, provocative romp with music written by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin and featuring songs by Alex Kagan. An absurdist tale about a love triangle gone wrong, Yaacobi & Leidental is a comic escapade through the failings of friendship and love. Even as we laugh at the antics of the brash Yaacobi, the insecure Leidental and the not-as-sweet-as-she-looks Ruth Shahash, we are reminded of our own shared human frailty in the face of desire and suffering.

Thru - Apr 30, 2023

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Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...The play, and its splendid production, is a late 20th century relic, or seems like one, predating discussions of gender fluidity while tying domestic despair and isolation into a rigidly binary sexuality — just the kind of traditional gender roles railed against by Tennessee Williams, William Inge and Edward Albee (all gay male American playwrights) around the same time that playwright Levin was working in Israel."

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- Steven Leigh Morris

Yaacobi & Leidental at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble