Exagoge
Music by Avner Finberg
Play/Libretto/Direction by Edward Einhorn
based on the 2nd Century BCE play
by Ezekiel the Tragedian
An immersive opera/play/Passover seder
April 26 - May 12
at La MaMa
66th E 4th Street, New York
Tickets $35
Synopsis: An immersive opera/play/Passover seder, based on the oldest known Jewish play, written in Alexandria in the second century BCE by Ezekiel the Tragedien. The audience gathers round the seder table or watches from the risers, joining the performers for a traditional 15-part modern seder. An opera composer, Zeke, has brought home his girlfriend Aliyah, a non-practicing Muslim, for the first time. Meanwhile, in the middle of it all, opera performers sing an adaptation of the ancient Greek interpretation of the Book of Exodus.
Running time: 90 minutes
Singers:
Pharoah, Reuel, God: Matthew Curran
Tzipporah, Messenger, God: Tharanga Goonetilleke
Moses: James Rodgers
Cover for Moses: Cristóbal Arias (May 11)
Cover for Pharoah etc: Matt Mueller (May 9)
Cover for Tziopprah: Alize Francheska Rozsnyai (May 9)
Actors:
Zeke: Hershel Blatt
Aliya: Meena Knowles
Avraham: Maxwell Zener
Puppeteers:
Rebecca Jay Caplan, Yanniv Frank, Parker Sera
Music:
Music director/Pianist: Mila Henry
Percussion: Mariana Ramirez
Violins: Sunny Sheu, Johnna Wu
Viola: Sara Dudley
Cello: Paul Swensen
Percussion on May 2, 3, 10 & 11: Andrew Beall
Crew:
Stage manager: Berit Johnson
ASM/Food coordinator: D Henry Hanson
Set design and related puppets: Tom Lee and Grace Needlman
Puppet design: Evolve Puppets (Tanya Khordoc and Barry Weil)
Costume/Mask Design: Ramona Ponce
Lighting Design: Federico Restrepo
Art: Eric Shanower
Special fabrication: Jim Freeman
Wardrobe: Erica Reichler
Associate Producer at La MaMa: Sarah Murphy
Publicist: David Gibbs, DARR Publicity
This program is supported, in part, by the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program); as well as The Schapiro Fund.
Cabaret in Captivity
Conceived by Edward Einhorn
Developed and directed by Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell
Performing this year at the Jersey City Theater Center,
located at 165 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Saturday, May 18, at 9pm
Songs and sketches written in Terezín/Theresienstadt, from Lisa Peschel's anthology Performing Captivity, Performing Escape and other sources.
Full of satire, bitter humor, and hope, these pieces demonstrate how art became a vital survival technique for the inmates
Original work written by Armin Berg, Robert Dauber, Sergei Dreznin, Grigory Flidlider, Hans Hofer, Vitezslav “Pidla” Horpatzky, Jaroslav Jezek, Gideon Klein, Frantisek Kowanitz, Josef Lustig, Felix Porges, Frida Rosenthal, Erwin Schulhoff, Leo Strauss, Myra Strauss-Gruhenberg, Karel Svenk, Victor Ullmann, and Ilse Weber
With: Craig Anderson, Mel DeLancey, Seth Gilman, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Yvonne Roen, and Katarina Vizina
Musical direction and piano accompaniment: Maria Dessena
Violin: Tiffaney Lane
Part of Remembrance Readings program of National Jewish Theater Foundation—Holocaust Theater International Initiative
Running time: 70 minutes
The Shylock and the Shakespeareans On Demand
The on demand video of the critically acclaimed production of The Shylock and the Shakespeareans
THE SHYLOCK AND THE SHAKESPEAREANS
A darkly humorous retelling of The Merchant of Venice.
June 1 – 17 at the New Ohio Theater
Wed – Sat at 7:30
Sundays at 5pm
Additional show Mon June 5 at 7pm (which will be livestreamed)
Written and directed by Edward Einhorn
Gobbo: Craig Anderson
Salarino: Ethan Fox
Salarina/Aragon: Janine Hagerty
Jessica: Yael Haskal
Bassiano: Chapman Hyatt
Lorenzo: Chase Lee
Nerissa: Stephanie Lichtfield
Jacob: Jeremy Kareken
Portia: Nina Mann
Terach/Prince: Kingsley Nwaogu
Antonio/Shakespeare: Eric Oleson
Gratiano: Thomas Shuman
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson
AD/Sound Design/Assistant Director: Becca Silbert
Set Design: Mike Mroch
Costume Design: Ramona Ponce
Lighting Design: Eric Norbury
Video/livestreaming: Iben Cenholt
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Cabaret in Captivity
Songs and sketches written in Terezín/Theresienstadt, from Lisa Peschel's anthology Performing Captivity, Performing Escape and other sources.
Full of satire, bitter humor, and hope, these pieces demonstrate how art became a vital survival technique for the inmates
JANUARY SHOWS MARCH SHOWS
at a brownstone at 153 W. 88th at Torn Page at 435 W 22nd Street
Sat Jan 28 at 7pm, Tue Jan 31 at 7:30pm Sat March 18 at 8pm, Sun March 19 at 5pm
Special guest: Tony Torn
FEBRUARY SHOW APRIL SHOW
at New Yiddish Rep at 315 W 39th St Suite 611 at Bohemian National Hal at 321 E 73rd St
Sat Feb 18 at 8pm Sun April 16 at 5pm
Special guest: David Mandelbaum
Conceived by Edward Einhorn
Developed and directed by Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell
Original work written by Armin Berg, Robert Dauber, Sergei Dreznin, Grigory Flidlider, Hans Hofer, Vitezslav “Pidla” Horpatzky, Jaroslav Jezek, Frantisek Kowanitz, Josepf Lustig, Feliz Porges, Frida Rosenthal, Erwin Schulhoff, Leo Strauss, Myra Strauss-Gruhenberg, Karel Svenk, and Ilse Weber
With: Craig Anderson, Seth Gilman, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, and Katarina Vizina
Musical direction and piano accompaniment: Maria Dessena.
Part of Remembrance Readings program of National Jewish Theater Foundation—Holocaust Theater International Initiative
Running time: one hour
Terezin was the final stop for more than 30,000 Central and Western European Jews, most from Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany who perished within its walls. For thousands more it was only a way station on the journey to the slave-labor and death camps. Yet it was also a place where many prisoners became intensely aware of the meaning and power or art. During those years in Terezin/Theresienstadt, a vigorous cultural life emerged. Not all prisoners participated in the cultural life and only a small fraction of the works produced there has survived.
"Although honoring a somber event, the atmosphere was surprisingly pleasant and uplifting...Cabaret in Captivity is a call to action to use hope not as a means of passive daydreaming, but a powerful act of resistance. It has been said that humor equals truth plus distance. Perhaps humor was the most palatable, effective way of sharing the unbelievable creativity, will, and resistance that came from the 'Chosen' who 'had no choice.' " - Amy Oestreicher, Broadway World
Previously performed at Pangea, The Center for Jewish History, the Bohemian National Hall, York Theatre, the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC, and The William Goodenough House in London, England.
The David A Einhorn Prize
The David A. Einhorn Prize, named for our co-founder, is an award to playwrights with a history of independent production without the support of an institutional theater.
The presentation of the awards and a reading and panel at the Triad Theater. Livestreaming will be available. Admission will be free but the theater has a two-drink minimum for attendees. The 1st Prize goes to Matthew Minnicino for his play Human Resources. The 2nd Prize goes to Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin for their play děng yīxià. Honorable Mentions are Julia Pascal for her play Old Newland and Alexander Hehr for his play Biodegradable Seagulls.
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