Press Contact for Quo Vadimus Arts: Eve Gibson - press@QVArts.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Quo Vadimus Arts presents
DIAGNOSIS JEW PAIN
(A SLIDESHOW OF A LIFE IN PROGRESS)
written and performed by Michael Feldman

DIAGNOSIS: JEW PAIN has played to sold out crowds across the United States, including the New York and San Francisco Fringe Festivals.
The show was voted one of the top 25 picks of the NYC fringe by Show Business Weekly.
"Thoroughly captivating," raves nytheatre.com.
"Feldman's honesty, humor, and charm win the day. His sexy, wiry, athletic, youthful stage presence certainly doesn't hurt, either," says HX Magazine.
Directed by Laura Moss. Produced by Yoni Oppenheim & David Berger.

Quo Vadimus Arts is proud to announce the Israeli premier of Michael Feldman's Diagnosis: Jew Pain at the Merkaz Hamagshimim's Center Stage Theatre, taking place on May 23rd & 24th, in Jerusalem.

This 60-minute, non-stop performance is a farcical and off-kilter coming of age story that explores racial and sexual identity. Come see comic performer Michael Feldman inhabit over fifteen characters as he recounts growing up bisexual in a conservative Brooklyn Jewish family.
Join Michael as he takes you where no Jews or Goyim have gone before! After the success of his one-man show THE DECONSTRUCTION OF A JEW, which explored Jewish stereotypes through a close look at the members of his family, Michael Feldman is now turning his attention to the one unexplored member of his family: himself. Laugh and cry with Michael, a native of Brooklyn, New York, as he delves into issues of religion, sexuality, politics and growing up with the most neurotic people this side of Brooklyn.

"Humor is very important to me. Making people laugh is one of my deepest passions. I believe that humor is not only a great tool for entertainment, but also for disseminating information and knowledge. I am committed to raising awareness through humor in live performance. I believe that the more you make people laugh, the more they listen. And through Diagnosis: Jew Pain, I have been able to live out my mission."
-Michael Feldman

Feldman is an experienced writer and comic, most recently employed at the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has performed standup and sketch comedy throughout New York City, notably at Standup NY, Don't Tell Mama's and Upright Citizens Brigade.

Hadassah's Center Stage Theatre produces high quality performances at affordable prices for the English speaking population of Jerusalem. Three to five plays each season provide opportunities for actors, writers, directors and technicians with a professional, fun environment to flex their theatrical muscles. For more information, you may visit their website at www.themerkaz.org.

Quo Vadimus Arts is an international community of artists working to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences between cultures. Diagnosis: Jew Pain is a production oft Quo Vadimus Arts, whose projects are intended to bring new stories and voices to audiences who may have not had an opportunity to hear them otherwise. For more information of Quo Vadimus Arts please contact Eve Gibson at press@QVArts.org or visit our website at www.QVArts.org

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