Identity, Heritage, Culture, and Allyship
ShPIeL is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts and culture organization registered in Kentucky, and our mission is to develop, incubate, produce and promote Jewish, multicultural, and intersectional theatre out of identity, heritage, and authenticity. Through this ShPIeL promotes social justice, dialogue, knowledge, and responsibility in order to challenge antisemitism, racisms, and xenophobias of all kinds. Through promoting the power of Jewish and diverse identities and their stories, we truly believe that more understanding and inclusiveness can be achieved, that creates understanding, joy, allyships and tikkun olam (Heb.) - repair of the world.
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ShPIeL Summer Showcase
Thursday, July 24th @ 7PM, Friday July 25th @ 7PM and Sunday, July 27th @4PM
THU & SUN LOCATION: Bellarmine University, Wyatt Center for the Arts (1700 Loftus Cir, Louisville, KY 40205)
FRIDAY LOCATION: Keneseth Israel (2531 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40205)
ShPIeL Summer Showcase
Thursday, July 24th @ 7PM LOCATION: Bellarmine University, Wyatt Center for the Arts (1700 Loftus Cir, Louisville, KY 40205) QUESTION 27, QUESTION 28 by: Chay Yew (abbreviated version) A riveting dramatic reading, freshly performed at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, of compelling stories by Japanese Americans interned in concentration camps during World War II. Directed by: David Chack & Dwight Sorah Friday, July 25th @ 7PM LOCATION: Keneseth Israel (2531 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40205) COMEDY SET by: Beca Nix Tham (Second City Victor Wong Fellow and featured in Lunar: The Jewish-Asian Film Project) INCREDIBLE FINDS by: Casey Adler (abbreviated version)…
READ MOREIN THE NEWS: Read Artistic Director David Chack's article in Forward, regarding the censorship of Paula Vogel's play Indecent, in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Bluegrass Schmooze: Teddy Abrams explores why so many Christmas classics were written by Jewish composers.
New York Times (behind paywall): Here We Are - How Jewish People Built the American Theater As We Know It.
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