From today, October 24 through November 29, 2014, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the New England premiere of BAD JEWS, a seriously smart comedy about family, faith, and legacy, written by Joshua Harmon.

A 2014 Nominee for Best Off-Broadway play, BAD JEWS tells the story of two cousins who wage war over a coveted family heirloom after the death of their beloved grandfather. At odds are Daphna Feygenbaum, an aggressively devout young woman who wears her Jewishness like a righteous badge of honor; and her cousin Liam Haber, an equally opinionated young man who has spent much of his life distancing himself from his cultural traditions. When the combatants are forced to spend the night in close quarters, the result is a wickedly funny brawl over religion and culture.

BAD JEWS is the work of playwright Joshua Harmon, who has had his plays produced and developed by Hangar Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, The Lark, The O'Neill, and Actor's Express, where he was the 2010-2011 National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence. Mr. Harmon has won fellowships from MacDowell, Atlantic Center for the Arts, SPACE at Ryder Farm, and the Eudora Welty Foundation. He is a graduate of Northwestern, holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon, and is currently in the Playwrights Program at Juilliard.

Rebecca Bradshaw will make her SpeakEasy directing debut with BAD JEWS. Ms. Bradshaw's local directing credits include A Feeble Mind (Brown Box Theatre Project), Othello (Studio 7 Productions), scenes from Cosi Fan Tutte, The Magic Flute, and Turn of the Screw (New England Conservatory's Undergraduate Opera Studio), Inner Serendippiness (Boston Playwright's Platform - Best Direction), and the Boston Theatre Marathon.

The cast features Gillian Mariner Gordon, Alex Marz, Alison McCartan, and Victor Shopov.

The design team is Eric Levenson (scenic), Tyler D. Kinney (costumes), Chris Bocchiaro (lighting), Edward Young (sound), and Kat Nakaji (props). Tareena D. Wimbish is the Production Stage Manager.

BAD JEWS will run for six weeks, from October 24 through November 29, in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston's South End. Ticket prices range from $25-$61, with discounts for students, seniors, and persons age 25 and under. For tickets or more information, the public is invited to call 617.933.8600 or visit www.SpeakEasyStage.com.