Sara Felder
A Class Act:
A play on money
Written & Performed by Sara Felder
In A Class Act, Sara turns her sharp wit, circus skills and Jewish queer lens to her life as a working-class kid from Brooklyn. She follows the money from her grandmother’s shtetl in Poland to her childhood community in Brighton Beach to the golden streets of San Francisco. Her warm and funny stories are punctuated with object-work and juggling routines to uncover the shame and desire that money can bring. Who knew that shattering the silence around money and class could be this fun?
“This is not just an entertainer, but a person, a mensch.” S.F. Chronicle
“As easy as she makes it look, there is nothing simple about Sara Felder. .. she is a performance treasure.” S.F. Examiner.
”Felder is a master story-teller and social satirist whose gentle but incisive humor recalls Lily Tomlin or Jerry Seingfeld – if they could juggle.” Santa Cruz Sentinel.
“Calling Sara Felder a juggler is a little like referring to Michelangelo as that guy who painted ceilings.” – Bay Area Reporter
Direction & Dramaturgy by Jael Weisman
Sound Advice by Joshua Brody
Sara Felder (she/they) has created a body of work that juggles personal narrative, social justice and circus shtik. Her solo shows are comedies on significant issues: June Bride encouraged a grass-roots conversation on same-sex marriage before the topic hit national headlines, A Queer Divine meditated on grief, Out of Sight considered family loyalties around Israeli-Palestine, Melancholy: A Comedy dealt with Lincoln’s depression, Shtik! shpieled on Yiddish vaudeville and gender. Sara has toured with Joel Grey’s Borscht Capades, opened for Joan Rivers, and taught ongoing workshops at San Quentin. They live with Dev and Mashke in a treehouse in Oakland.