Staging a Body of Work
In her multimedia show, Marisa Carnesky examines the Jewish tattoo taboo by fusing elements of Yiddish melodrama, Victorian sideshows and Grand Guignol theater.
In her multimedia show, Marisa Carnesky examines the Jewish tattoo taboo by fusing elements of Yiddish melodrama, Victorian sideshows and Grand Guignol theater.
Walking into Lillian Lux\’s Lower East Side home in New York is like entering a museum of Yiddish theater.
It was the first time in U.S. history that the cast and producers of a play were hauled down to police headquarters and convicted on obscenity charges.\n