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Faye Greenberg Sigman \u201cWoman of Valor\u201d Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Many Mrs. Maisels: The History of Jewish Female Stand-Up Comedians\u201d<\/h2>\n

Lecture by Grace Kessler Overbeke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 5, 2024<\/strong>
\n7:00 p.m. CST<\/strong>
\nGolda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center and via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Register here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jean<\/a>
Photo: Jean Sullivan on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show.\u201d CBS, November 30, 1958. SOFA Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before\u00a0The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel<\/em>, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a \u201cboys\u2019 club,\u201d the truth is that there have always been influential women on the scene. Alongside Jewish male comics like Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, and Jerry Seinfeld, there were pioneering Jewish female stand-ups like Jean Carroll, Joan Rivers, Totie Fields, and Sarah Silverman, offering their inimitable insights on the experience of being a Jew \u2014 and a woman \u2014 in the United States. From tackling double standards to deflating stereotypes like the \u201cJewish American Princess,\u201d Jewish female stand-up comedians have made major contributions to the way that American audiences have seen Jewish women \u2014 and the way that Jewish women have seen themselves.<\/p>\n

Grace Kessler Overbeke is an Assistant Professor in the Theatre Department of Columbia College Chicago with a focus in the Theatre Studies and Comedy Writing and Performance programs. Her monograph,\u00a0Jean Carroll: The First Lady of Laughs<\/em>\u00a0is forthcoming from New York University Press. Her most recent scholarship appears in\u00a0Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies,\u00a0Theatre Topics,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Theatre Survey.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Faye Greenberg Sigman \u201cWoman of Valor\u201d lecture is made possible by the generosity of the Taxman and Temkin families.<\/p>\n

Cosponsored by 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Departments of English and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies and programs in Digital Arts and Culture; Film Studies; and Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies.<\/p>\n

Download the PDF flyer for this event.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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