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How's Southern California?

Good.

I'm enjoying San Diego very much.

I am down at the Old Globe Theater rehearsing for a production of a, the world premiere

of a new play by one of my favorite writers, Nathan Englander, deeply Jewish, substantively Jewish

comedy called What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. I'm really, really thrilled, directed by

Barry Edelstein. And I'm hoping some listeners,

if you're anywhere near San Diego and you want to see a fabulous new play, we open on September 18th

at the Old Globe. We have a week of previews prior to that, and we run through the end of October.

And if you want to buy tickets, please do. I'll come say hello to you after. You can go to our website

www. www. chutzpod.com and click on events. That's the plug. I kind of feel like the most

Jewish part about it is that you're talking about, the place seems to be about something really

serious. I don't know, witness, Anne Frank, but yet you called it a comedy. I just feel that

that's so Jewish. Yes, truly, I completely agree. Essentially, I'll give you a brief synopsis.

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