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Jewtopia
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Jewtopia is a comic play by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson.
The pair of unemployed wannabe Los Angeles actors wrote and performed a 15-minute sketch that was so well-received at local comedy clubs they decided to expand it into a full-length play. It focuses on two friends, Chris O'Connell and Adam Lipschitz. Gentile Chris is interested in dating Jewish women because he feels that they will make his life easier by making all of life's decisions for him. Jewish Adam wants to date Gentile women because he does not wish to be reminded of his roots. The two team up and teach each other how to woo the women of their choice.
Most of the play's humor involves jokes about Jewish stereotypes with occasional humor about body parts and bodily functions. The play makes numerous references to the Jewish online dating website, JDate.
Directed by Andy Fickman, the LA production opened on May 8, 2003 at West Hollywood's Coast Playhouse, where it ran for a year. Fogel and Wolfson headed the cast.
On October 21, 2004, the off-Broadway production, directed by John Tillinger and again starring the playwrights, opened at Manhattan's Westside Theatre, where it continues to run.
In 2006, Fogel and Wolfson published Jewtopia: The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People, a humor book inspired by the play.