Feldman Dynamic: The Last Hanukkah

From the creator of Chanukah with The Feldman Dynamic (2004), The Feldman Dynamic Chanukah Spectacular (2005), The Feldman Dynamic: Home for the Hanukkahs (2006), The Feldman Dynamic: Hanukkah in Little Havanaka (2007), Cracker Barrel® Old Country Chanukah (2008), The Feldman Dynamic: Jai-Alai Hanukkah (2009), The Feldman Dynamic: 8 Wards of Chanukah (2018), and The Feldman Dynamic: Chanukahmunication (2020), comes the “shamash” and final installment – Feldman Dynamic: The Last Hanukkah (2024). (Yes, the “The” is gone.)

After spending 45 previous nights of Chanukah together in front of paying audiences – in an apartment, an art gallery, 3 black box theaters, a condo, a coworking space break room, 3 houses, a Jai-Alai Fronton, 2 proscenium theaters, on a Zoom Webinar, and most infamously at 3 Cracker Barrel® restaurants (where their first festive holiday dinner was shut down by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office!) – award-winning performance art family Feldman Dynamic now attempts to celebrate the Festival of Lights together over FaceTime, Apple’s proprietary videotelephony product, in their ninth and final Hanukkah happening, Feldman Dynamic: The Last Hanukkah. As with every other version of this reality show over the last 21 years, there’s no script, no rehearsal, and no refunds whatsoever.

While there once again may or may not be any latkes, dreidels, donuts, gelt – or a plot – they still have each other. Oh yeah, and a Chanukiah! Fear not, candles will be lit, which is the minimum obligation of the holiday.

Thank you for watching “A play in which the members of a real family have dinner together and talk about the problems they are facing.” – The New York Times

Feldman Dynamic is Adrienne McIntosh, Brian Feldman, Edward Alan Feldman, and Marilyn Wattman-Feldman.

Feldman Dynamic received its world premiere at The Kraine Theater in New York on August 9, 2003. This is the 17th run of Feldman Dynamic, and the ninth and final Chanukah/Hanukkah installment, only one of which was threatened with a cease and desist letter from the world-famous Radio City Rockettes™. ב״ה

This project is supported in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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📅 Date

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 5:30 PM EST

(First Night of Hanukkah 5785)

Watching from another time zone? Check the time difference here.

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🗺️ Location

FaceTime (on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone)

“Got an Android or Windows device? With FaceTime links in iOS 15, macOS Monterey, and later, anyone can join a FaceTime call from their web browser.”

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🎟️ Tickets

Pay What You Can - $72 (includes an autographed poster)

Free if your last name is Feldman (with valid photo ID, email .jpg or .pdf to [email protected])

Tickets available at FeldmanDynamic.com (Only 28 tickets available)

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☯ Hashtag

#TheLastHanukkah (Note: Brian is no longer active on social media.)

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📰 Press

“A play in which the members of a real family have dinner together and talk about the problems they are facing.” – The New York Times

“Alternately discomfiting, utterly boring, pointlessly funny, comfortingly familiar, strangely moving.” – nytheatre.com

“This is reality way more real than what you see on TV.” – Orlando Sentinel

“If observing a near-hour-long dinner with a family you’ve never met feels both voyeuristic and frustratingly boring, that’s one possibility. The other? Just go with the weirdness.” – Washington Jewish Week

“Unpalatable theater-verité experiment... a love-it-or-hate-it proposition.” – Orlando Weekly

“Normal theater compresses time, emphasizes conflict, and highlights resolution. ‘The Feldman Dynamic’ does the opposite...” – Ink 19

“Downright wacky… I had no idea what was going to happen next.” – The Arts Connection (WMFE-FM 90.7)

“If you didn’t know about The Feldman Dynamic, you missed a personal, unplanned slice of life and some great food! It was theater as life.” – Analog Artist Digital World

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About

Brian Feldman is an award-winning performance artist and actor. He lives in Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, where he has presented work in all 8 Wards and 30 D.C. neighborhoods. As the news site DCist noted, “In a city that has an advocacy group exploring how to ‘make D.C. weird’ – and is still struggling – Brian Feldman is a shining beacon of eccentricity.” His work has been featured on movie screens, television, radio, in print, and online, earning critical comparisons to the likes of Marina Abramović, David Blaine, Chris Burden, John Cage, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Tehching Hsieh, and Andy Kaufman. Since August 2003, he has presented 1,000+ performances of 140+ projects at 175+ venues and festivals in cities worldwide via Brian Feldman Projects, one of the world’s premier presenters of experimental time-based art.

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TheLastHanukkah.eventbrite.com (Eventbrite)

📢 Press Release: bit.ly/TLH_docs (Google Docs)

Host or Publisher Brian Feldman Projects