<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Comedy / Drama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Setting </Th> <Td> Atlanta, Georgia December 1939 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Last Night of Ballyhoo is a play by Alfred Uhry that premiered in 1996 in Atlanta . The play is a comedy / drama, which is set in Atlanta, Georgia, in December 1939 . </P> <P> The play is set in the upper class German - Jewish community living in Atlanta, Georgia in December 1939 . Hitler has recently conquered Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and Adolph Freitag (owner of the Dixie Bedding Company), his sister Boo, and sister - in - law Reba, along with nieces Lala and Sunny--a Jewish family so highly assimilated they have a Christmas tree in the front parlor--are looking forward to Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion ball sponsored by their restrictive country club . Adolph's employee Joe Farkas is an attractive eligible bachelor and an Eastern Europe Jew, familiar with prejudice but unable to fathom its existence within his own religious community . His presence prompts college student Sunny to examine intra-ethnic bias, her Jewish identity (or lack thereof), and the beliefs with which she has been raised . </P>

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