The Last Night of Ballyhoo is a play that was written by Alfred Uhry and premiered in 1996 in Atlanta. The play takes place in Atlanta, Georgia in December of 1939. The upper-class Jewish family consists of Adolph the brother and head of household, his sister Boo alongside her daughter Lala, and sister-in-law Reba with her daughter Sunny. Through the play the family 's relationship with each other, the community, and their religion is examined. The theme of the play was social standing. Adolph was the owner of Dixie Bedding Company, and the family lived in a posh home on Habersham Road and were the only Jewish household on their street. The family was a part of the upper-class, and still Boo was very concerned about the family 's status. We saw how important it was in her world when she scorns Lala about not making the cut for the right sorority because "Nobody but the other kind belong to A E Phi." Furthermore, she encourages her daughter to achieve a higher place in society, because its sits there waiting for her, but she 's not doing anything about it. Another key instance where social standing was …show more content…
It showed the clashing cultures which was mainstream culture and their Jewish culture. Next the audience could also take note of the assimilation that occurred, from participating in Christian holidays to not participating in Jewish holidays and Sunny not even remembering the last they took apart of a Jewish tradition or celebration. The play 's set helped my understanding of the story, theme, and characters, one of the reasons being the setting of the play. In 1939 the south was plagued with prejudice, while main ones suffering the discrimination were African Americans, the Jews also experienced some discrimination. They were excluded from certain places and institutions, one being the Venetian