“I’m in kind of this tricky bind really, where I’m too queer for Jewish, and too Jewish for queer”
Pepi and Me is a formbusting new play by Helena Snider following the stories of two Jewish Women who seek to break out from the roles society has created for them.
Bex is a 17 year old, rebelling against her conservative family in North London. Pepi Litman is her real life hero, a 20th century Yiddish Drag King. Through discovering Pepi’s story, can Bex absorb some of her bravery to create a narrative of her own?
Fusing live music, comedy and drag, Pepi and Me tells a story of connecting to ones heritage to celebrate Jewish identity, queerness & joy.
Performer - Hannah Bristow
Director - Hetty Hodgson
Writer - Helena Snider
Producer - Jess Donn
Lighting Designer - Amy Daniels
Sound Designer and Composer - Sarah Spencer
Set and Costume Designer - Oscar Morris
Movement Director - Tommy Ross-Williams
Dramaturg - Rafaella Marcus
Dialect - Vivi Lachs
With thanks to the Pepi Litman Project
Developed on Soho Theatre’s Drag and Cabaret Lab.
Age suggestion: 16+
"Hats off to the CPT for this fine show, well researched and coming from a place of great passion... Community theatre at its most effective."
Camden New Journal (Human Jam)
