The First Jew in Canada
About the event
“The First Jew in Canada” is the incredible true story of Jacques LaFargue…the 18th Century Transgender Man You’ve Never Heard Of! A wild journey in story, crossing oceans, religions, genders, and centuries overlayed with the personal account of S. Bear Bergman, a Jewish transgender man whose modern life mirrors Jacques’s in startling, hilarious, exhausting and illuminating ways. “Skillful…deeply affecting…funny and sad and sweet and difficult and true, a “Bear” hug of a show—Broadway World.
Performances:
Thu., Sept. 24: 8:00pm
Fri., Sept. 25: 6:30pm
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