Overall this play was a representation of the anti-Semitism directed towards Jews from their Christian counterparts and its effects. The biggest effect and main theme of this play being the anti-Semitism that Jews inflicted upon other Jews. We see this with the way that the Freitag/Levy household views Joe. As German-Jews, the Freitags and Levys view themselves as superior to Eastern European Jews because they immigrated to the U.S. before the Eastern Europeans did. This is a direct result of German-Jews being discriminated against by their Christian neighbors. As the play proceeds, this idea becomes more prevalent. Ballyhoo was originally created because they were not permitted to go to the events put on by Christian social clubs so they created their own restricted social clubs. The dialogue between the characters is also evident of the different ways that southern Jews at the time were ashamed of their heritage. Joe at times will incorporate Yiddish vocabulary while talking to Sunny and it is clear that Sunny doesn’t understand what Joe is saying. It is also mentioned that Lala is jealous of Sunny because of her “Aryan” features. The fact that Lala is jealous of Sunny because she looks less Jewish than her shows that Lala is not proud of her religious background and wishes to look more like her Christian southern counterparts. The part that really drove this point home was when Boo referred to Joe as a “kike” which is similar to calling an African American a “nigger”. Uhry’s incorporation of this derogatory term in the dialogue of his characters helps emphasize how disconnected and ashamed the Freitag and Levys were of their Jewish heritage. The Last Night of Ballyhoo is based off of childhood stories that Uhry would hear growing up as a Southern Jew himself and is a good representation of how Southern Jews in general acted and felt during a time when Jews were discriminated against and the actions they took in response to these discriminatory acts.