What critics are saying about Rabbi Sam

"One of San Francisco's more mercurial geniuses of solo performance, Varon so skillfully blends hilarity with serious food for thought in his newest show, "Rabbi Sam," that it's easy to overlook his dazzling virtuosity."
-- San Francisco Chronicle - Full Review

"Riveting... With just a subtle shift in his chair, and a new accent or affect, Varon transforms from a food-obsessed president of the board (“Nobody tells my wife how many cheese Danishes I eat”) to a Holocaust survivor to the atheist widow of one of the temple’s founders."
-- J Weekly - Full Review

"Charlie Varon's visionary Rabbi Sam leaves audiences rapt."
-- SF Weekly - Full Review

"Over the course of two content-packed hours, Varon explores the challenges facing American Judaism today, the need for spiritual guidance, the aching loss of a single father who never had a chance to bid his dying wife farewell, and navigates his way through turf wars that could make your average condo association board meeting look like a sunny day's walk in the park... The intensity of Varon's acting and the depth of his characterizations -- not to mention his rapid shifts in body language and voice as he enacts an argument between board members -- will astonish and delight you."
-- George Heymont, My Cultural Landscape - Full Review