Archive for October 2022
H*tler’s Tasters
(Scroll down to see promo video, production history and playwright statement) A dark yet humorous play, H*tler’s Tasters is about the little known historical story of the spirited girls who were chosen to taste Hitler’s food to confirm it was safe. But in an updated contemporary and at times “rock and roll” style, it reveals…
Read MoreJewFace: A New Play Lab
JewFace: A New Play Lab is a play/performance laboratory that encourages writers and performance artists to create topics that are on the edge, and even subversive about Jewish culture. In Los Angeles, JewFace is a branch of ShPIeL- Performing Identity, a non-profit theater company, in Chicago/Louisville. Questions or interested in taking part? Message our Founding…
Read MoreTEATRON 2022: A Festival of Jewish Theatre
ShPIeL-Performing Identity with Bunbury Theatre presents TEATRON 2022: A Festival of Jewish Theatre. This digital online theatre with live events, festival, will showcase works from theatre companies and artists across the United States out of identity and social justice intersecting with Jewish heritage, culture, history and spirituality. VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING: HaMapah/The Map Dance-on-Film – A DNAWORKS Production.…
Read MoreIndecent by Paula Vogel
INDECENT is about the evolution of the powerful play God of Vengeance (Got fun nekome) by acclaimed writer Sholem Asch; and the vibrant Yiddish Theatre of the early 1900s. Centering on a small band of intrepid Yiddish Theatre performers and klezmer musicians (klezmorim) – at times comical and at times poignant – they tell the…
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