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JewFace Is Making A Movie!
We’re thrilled to announce that one of the short plays we developed in our 2023 Short Play Lab is being turned into a short film — and we are proud to be onboard as producers. One of JewFace’s founding members, Lauren Schaffel, wrote last summer’s comedic short play CATALOGUE OF NOSES, and with help from JewFace member Emily Nash…
Read MoreSmiles of a Summer ShPIeL Showcase
LOUISVILLE, KY., June 3, 2024— ShPIeL-Performing Identity announces the second annual summer theatrical showcase, Smiles of a Summer ShPIeL Showcase, highlighting Jewish and intersectional plays/performances of diversity — full and short plays, new and old, comedy and drama, and musical cabaret — spread out over three performance dates (see below) to add to your summer…
Read MoreJewFace Presents the LA Staged Reading of “Three and a Half Anne Franks”
Come see this brilliant play’s newest iteration for FREE on Monday June 10, 2024 at 2pm. Produced by JewFace, a theatre collective program developed with ShPIeL Performing Identity, run by LA-based artists Casey Adler and Yvonne Cone. About the Play: Three and a Half Anne Franks by Maya Macdonald Three people audition to play Anne Frank in…
Read MoreChagall in School by James Sherman
CHAGALL IN SCHOOL by James Sherman (Beau Jest, The God of Isaac, The Ben Hecht Show), February 8 – 17 at The Kentucky Center – MeX Theater. CHAGALL IN SCHOOL, a dramatic comedy, presents the story of Marc Chagall, one of the 20th century’s. greatest artists, following the social change after the Russian Revolution. Born…
Read MoreStaged Reading of 3 New Jewish Short Plays (Los Angeles, September 10)
Staged Reading of 3 New Jewish Short Plays from JewFace Plays at Der Nister | September 10 Los Angeles, CA — Three new short plays from writers Shira Gorelick, Matt Gottlieb, and Lauren Schaffel are receiving a staged reading at Downtown LA’s Der Nister on September 10. The plays are part of the first cohort…
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Audition Notice:
Chagall in School
The Most Acclaimed Show of Chicago’s 2022-23 Season, JEFF Awards Recommended and JEFF Award Winner A Louisville Premiere Chagall in School by James Sherman Directed by David Chack Chicago JEFF Awards Recommended and Winner of One JEFF Award “Highly recommended: by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune; Hedy Weiss, WTTW Television; and Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review Chagall…
Read MoreTerrifying Memory: An Interview with Carey Perloff
Read Artistic Director David Chack’s interview with Carey Perloff, author of the new book, Pinter and Stoppard: A Directors View.
Read MoreSmiles of a Summer ShPIeL Showcase
FREE OF CHARGE 7PM – THURSDAY, JULY 27 A staged reading of Colin Greer’s (playwright of Imagining Heschel) current work-in-progress Spinoza’s Solitude, a play following the life of philosopher Baruch Spinoza, who changed all of Western thought and was excommunicated from his Dutch Jewish community. 7PM – FRIDAY, JULY 28 6:45 with a light dinner…
Read MoreCensorship in Jacksonville
Read Artistic Director David Chack’s article in Forward, regarding the censorship of Paula Vogel’s play Indecent, in Jacksonville, Florida.
Read More“The Green Book” Staged Reading
Join us for a live staged reading of Calvin Alexander Ramsey’s award-winning play, The Green Book, performed at two locations. Ramsey’s work brings the Green Book back into public consciousness through this play and through the children’s book, “Ruth and the Green Book,” which inspired the Academy Award- winning film. Directed by David Y. Chack,…
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