Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays

Author : Ellen Schiff
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292712904
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays written by Ellen Schiff and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish theatre—plays about and usually by Jews—enters the twenty-first century with a long and distinguished history. To keep this vibrant tradition alive, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture established the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre in 1994. The commissions are awarded in an annual competition. Their goal is to help emerging and established dramatists develop new works in collaboration with a wide variety of theatres. Since its inception, the New Play Commissions has contributed support to more than seventy-five professional productions, staged readings, and workshops. This anthology brings together nine commissioned plays that have gone on to full production. Ellen Schiff and Michael Posnick have selected works that reflect many of the historical and social forces that have shaped contemporary Jewish experience and defined Jewish identity—among them, surviving the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the lives of newcomers in America, Israel, and Argentina. Following a foreword by Theodore Bikel, the editors provide introductory explanations of the New Play Commissions and an overview of Jewish theatre. The playwrights comment on the genesis of their work and its production history.

Author : Ellen Schiff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fruitful and Multiplying written by Ellen Schiff and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish plays in American theatre of the 1980s and 1990s which have their roots in the Jewish American works of the 1920sto the 1960s.

Author : Edna Nahshon
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004173358
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Theatre written by Edna Nahshon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a frequently used term, Jewish Theatre has become a contested concept that defies precise definition. Is it theatre by Jews? For Jews? About Jews? Though there are no easy answers for these questions, "Jewish Theatre: A Global View," contributes greatly to the conversation by offering an impressive collection of original essays written by an international cadre of noted scholars from Europe, the United States, and Israel. The essays discuss historical and current texts and performance practices, covering a wide gamut of genres and traditions.

Author : Ellen Schiff
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fruitful and Multiplying written by Ellen Schiff and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1996 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding collection showcases nine of the finest Jewish playwrights, including Elizabeth Swados, William Finn and James Lapine, Herb Gardner, Jeffrey Sweet, Jon Robin Baitz, Emily Mann, David Mamet, David Margulies, and Allan Havis.

Author : Edward M. Cohen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791499375
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Jewish Voices written by Edward M. Cohen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Jewish Voices presents the first anthology of modern Jewish-American drama. These highly acclaimed plays, previously produced by New York City's nationally-renowned Jewish Repertory Theatre, offer an enjoyable and eye-opening introduction to the unique and modern voice of five young writers. The insights and visions of these playwrights will help redefine Jewish theater. While offering college students and amateur dramatic groups exciting new material, these five plays will entertain and delight every reader. An introduction by Edward M. Cohen, associate director of Jewish Repertory Theatre, outlines the history of Jewish theatre in America, the origins and development of the Jewish Repertory Theatre, the methods and programs of play development used at the theatre, and an analysis of current trends in modern Jewish playwriting. The anthology also includes production photos, a list of all plays produced by the theatre, and original scripts.

Author : Jason Sherman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Jewish Plays written by Jason Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six plays, six playwrights, six takes on Israel.

Author : J. Novick
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230611834
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Golden Door written by J. Novick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Golden Door is the first book devoted to showing how Jewish playwrights of the twentieth century have dramatized the Jewish encounter with America. Questions dealt within this study include - How do you balance old world heritage with new world opportunity? What does it mean to be a Jew - or to be an American, for that matter?

Author : Edna Nahshon
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004227170
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context written by Edna Nahshon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish theater practitioners, playwrights, critics, financiers and audiences have played an enormous role in the development of the European and American theater. "Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context," a collection of essays by an international cadre of theater scholars, addresses this subject. Focusing on the role of Jews and Jewishness in the theatrical field it discusses the representation of Jews on the American, European, and South American stage, with a strong emphasis on twentieth century theater and the contemporary theatrical scene.

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438481918
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance written by and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yiddish theater was first and foremost fine theater, with varied repertory and actors of high quality. The three stage-ready plays and nine individual scenes collected here, most of them well-known in Yiddish repertory but never before translated, offer an introduction to the full range of Yiddish theater. Fresh, lively, and accurate, these translations have been prepared for reading or performance by award-winning playwright and scholar Nahma Sandrow. They come with useful stage directions, notes, and playing histories, as well as comments by directors who have worked in both English and Yiddish theater. In the three full-length plays, a matriarch battles for control of her business and her family (Mirele Efros; or, The Jewish Queen Lear); two desperate women struggle over a man, who himself is struggling to change his life (Yankl the Blacksmith); and, in a charming fantasy village, a poetic village fiddler gambles on romance (Yoshke the Musician). The nine scenes from selected other plays are shaped to stand alone and range in genre from symbolist to naturalist, operetta to vaudeville, domestic to romantic to avant-garde. In her preface, Sandrow contextualizes the plays in modern Western theater history from the nineteenth century to the present. Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance is not nostalgia—just a collection of good plays that also serves as an informed introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.

Author : Vincent Brook
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081353996X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'You Should See Yourself' written by Vincent Brook and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-24 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few decades have seen a remarkable surge in Jewish influences on American culture. Entertainers and artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Allegra Goodman, and Tony Kushner have heralded new waves of television, film, literature, and theater; a major klezmer revival is under way; bagels are now as commonplace as pizza; and kabbalah has become as cool as crystals. Does this broad range of cultural expression accurately reflect what it means to be Jewish in America today? Bringing together fourteen new essays by leading scholars, You Should See Yourself examines the fluctuating representations of Jewishness in a variety of areas of popular culture and high art, including literature, the media, film, theater, music, dance, painting, photography, and comedy. Contributors explore the evolution that has taken place within these cultural forms and how we can best explain these changes. Are variations in our understanding of Jewishness the result of general phenomena such as multiculturalism, politics, and postmodernism, or are they the product of more specifically Jewish concerns such as the intermarriage/continuity crisis, religious renewal, and relations between the United States and Israel? Accessible to students and general readers alike, this volume takes an important step toward advancing the discussion of Jewish cultural influences in this country.