Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom

Sara Felder

Recipient

Grant Year 2006

Grant Amount $10,000

Status Completed

Updated May 30, 2023

Independent artist Sara Felder received Center support to develop and produce Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom. This one-woman comedy tells the tale of a mother, nearly blind, and her adult lesbian daughter who bond over their love of art, but differ in their views of Israel. Through circus tricks, shadow puppets, and a Jewish queer sensibility, the daughter recounts her college trip to Israel as she begins questioning her mother's framework of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As they try to bridge their differences, the intimacy and struggles of each character's view of the world and each other take shape.

Recipient

Sara Felder

Trained by San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus, Sara Felder is a solo theater artist, playwright, and juggler. While the themes of her plays and performances are serious, her form is vaudeville. Her solo shows include June Bride, the story of her own lesbian wedding, and the Center-supported autobiography Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy About God, Israel, and My Mom, in which a mother, nearly blind, and her adult daughter bond over their love of art but fail to see eye-to-eye on Israel. Felder has toured with Jugglers for Peace in Cuba, the Women's Circus in Nicaragua, and Joel Grey's Borscht Capades. As the Bay Area Reporter puts it, "Calling Sara Felder a juggler is a little like referring to Michelangelo as that guy who painted ceilings."

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