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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:…
Read MoreIllinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center | Live Performance: Question 27, Question 28: Staging Loyalty, Identity, and Resistance
May 4, 2025 | 2:30pm CDT 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077 In partnership with renowned theater producer and director David Y. Chack, Illinois Holocaust Museum presents a live performance of Question 27, Question 28, a compelling play by Chay Yew. Staged, in an abridged version, in conjunction with the exhibition Resilience: A Sansei Sense…
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Panel discussion after Sunday’s 2PM Performance | Feb.16
Panel discussion after Sunday’s 2PM Performance February 16, 2025 at Kentucky Performing Arts. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS A powerful new play, fresh from its Off-Broadway run. Inspired by a Holocaust history teacher, who actually experienced the school shooting tragedy, in Parkland, Florida in 2018. ShPIeL is honored to have the following panelists to shed…
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Room 1214 by
Michelle Kholos Brooks
SHPIEL THEATRE’S NEXT PRODUCTION ROOM 1214 BY MICHELLE KHOLOS BROOKS LOUISVILLE PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY DAVID Y. CHACK AT KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS, FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FEBRUARY 13, 2025 (Thursday, Opening Night); FEBRUARY 14 at 7:30 PM ; FEBRUARY 16, 2:00 PM (Sunday Matinee) FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 PM ; 23 at…
Read MoreJewFace 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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