Yentl

A play based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy”

by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Author), Emily Mann (Author)

A rabbi's daughter in 19th century Poland has studied the Torah and refuses to play the hausfrau role traditionally allotted to Jewish women. When her father dies, she disguises herself as a man and flees to another town where she continues her studies and becomes involved in an unusual romantic triangle.

"Delightful." - Newsweek

"Touching and deeply funny." - NBC