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New Ohio Theatre Ice Factory 2023 Presents


DEADCLASS, OHIO


Created by THE GOAT EXCHANGE

Original Text by Eliya Smith

Directed by Mitchell Polonsky and Chloe Claudel

Live music by Sasha Yakub

Featuring: Paul Lazar, Marcus Amaglo, Chloe Claudel, Juliana Sass

Special Appearance by Jim Fletcher

Produced by Talia Escobedo and Victoria Ungvarsky

Lighting Design: Finn Bamber

Sound Design: Mitchell Polonsky

Production Stage Manager: Leslie Huynh

Costume Design: Abraham E.S. Rebollo-Trujillo!

Production assistant: Luke Philip Bosco


A Jewish cemetery in Deadclass, Ohio, is the place (and time) for a seance. Five generations of E’s family are buried there, as are M’s grandparents, Blue and Luna, who met as children fleeing Nazi occupation and moved together to Deadclass to build a family. After the war, both had returned to Krakow to find all their relatives were dead – their hometown had become a cemetery. Inspired by Tadeusz Kantor’s masterpiece, DEADCLASS, OHIO is a seance of the living and a love story of the dead.

A Jewish cemetery in Deadclass, Ohio, is the place (and time) for a seance. Five generations of E’s family are buried there, as are M’s grandparents, Blue and Luna, who met as children fleeing Nazi occupation and moved together to Deadclass to build a family. After the war, both had returned to Krakow to find all their relatives were dead – their hometown had become a cemetery. Inspired by Tadeusz Kantor’s masterpiece, DEADCLASS, OHIO is a seance of the living and a love story of the dead.

  • Year
    2023
  • Premiere
    Ice Factory 2023
  • Director
    Mitchell Polonsky and Chloe Claudel
  • Screenwriter
    Devised by The Goat Exchange Original text by Eliya Smith
  • Producer
    Victoria Ungvarsky and Talia Escobedo
  • Cast
    Paul Lazar, Marcus Amaglo, Chloe Claudel, Eliya Smith
  • Music
    Live music by Sasha Yakub