Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions presents Polish Joke

Polish Joke, by David Ives opens June 12th.. A comedy about ethnic identity and the eternal American search for "roots." Jasiu (thirtyish) is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots, so he decides to make his own roots, reinventing himself first as a sort of non-ethnic everyman, then as an "Irishman." Jasiu's adventures-alternately zany and heartbreaking-take him through a job interview with an Ur-Wasp; to an attempt to become a Catholic priest; to a flower shop where he can't get service because he is weirdly invisible; to a doomed love affair with a Jewish woman; to a wacky Irish travel agency where he has to prove that he is Irish before he can buy a ticket; and to a doctor more interested in ethnic pain than in healing. Jasiu is also bedeviled by a reappearing Polish relative and has to face off with the ghost of a dead Polish patriot. In the end, by trying to get away from his ethnic background, Jasiu finds out who he is and what it means to be "a Pole."

06/12/09 through 06/27/09

7:30pm Fridays, 3:00pm & 7:30pm Saturdays

The Marie Maday Theatre
2044 Main Street , Lyons Hall, campus of Canisius College
Buffalo , NY

For more information, please contact Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions directly at 716.479.1587