Mondays with Mandelbaum: Life lessons from the first American crime boss

Mrs. Fredericka Mandelbaum was America's first great crime boss. A nice Jewish immigrant from Germany, Mandelbaum becomes the matriarch to the criminal elements of New York City in the Lower East Side. At the peak of her underground empire, law enforcement has her cornered and her time is running out. When playwright/performer Tracey Erin Smith finds herself in Mandelbaum’s criminal headquarters in 1884, New York, time and space collide. Each wrestling with their own connections to crime and family, these women swap tales, techniques of their trades, and tons of tea. This time-bending story weaves Mandelbaum's criminal genius with the playwright’s true stories of a father who had his own dance with the law. It's a wild ride where truth and fiction have a fabulous fling.

• Storytelling
• $20.00 + $2.50 fee - $25.00 + $2.50 fee
• 11-November 14, 2024
• 65 minutes
• Under St Marks