Goodbye and Good Luck
An excerpt from Grace Paley's short story of that name. Adapted by Amy Coleman, directed by Esther Hafner. This one is a charmer, in Paley's most Yiddishlekh style.
Next Stop
In Lockdown with Esther and Henry Written by Amy Coleman and directed by Gera Sandler, this 24 minutes of mayhem and madness is a perfect reflection of the times we live in. My favorite section is the bit about whom is going to take out the kitty litter.
Labor Of Life
I've been nagging about Hanoch Levin for over two years, and we keep staging the two plays in our repertoire continuously. Here is our latest staging of The Labor Of Life. Oberon Press has just released a 3 volume anthology of his plays. Hopefully this will spur...
Toyt Fun A Seylsman
NYR's Drama Desk nominated production. Moshe Yassurs"s brilliant direction embodied Arthur Miller's original conceptualization of this play as a vision playing out in Willy Loman's s skull. Nominated for best revival and best actor, Moshe deserved a nod as best...
Awake And Sing
From left to right: Ronit Asheri, Moshe Lobel, Lea Kalisch, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen. (Photo: Pedro Hernandez) "A heartbreaking and gorgeous Yiddish version of the classic American play that wrestles with economic disparity in Depression-era New...
Caraid O’Brien on Yiddish theatre’s influence on Ionesco.
The photo is from our production of "Rhinoceros." Caraid was absolutely hilarious in the role of Mrs. Boeuf. She also appeared in both NYR productions of "God Of Vengeance," AQs well as a fine actress, she is a translator, author, and as you can see, a good...
Moshe Yassur on Ionesco
Moshe Yassur directed our production of Rhinoceros and throughout his long career had occasion to meet and work with Ionesco on more than one occasion. At an early rehearsal he reveals to the cast Ionesco's view on theater of the absurd. A more detailed history of...
Take Away Spring
Gera Sandler put to gether this memorial of the Warsaw ghetto uprising using Zvi Kolitz's "Yosl Rakover Speaks To God "interspersed with song and poetry, From left to right: Macha Fogel, Eli Rosen, Gera Sandler, David Mandelbaum, Amy Coleman, Ronit Asheri-Sandler....