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‘Otto Frank,’ ‘Mikveh’ among plays to be staged at Jewish theatre festival

Teatron 2021: A Festival of Jewish Theatre presented by the ShPIeL Performing Identity and Bunbury Theatre, will be streamed from June 24 to 27. Among the eclectic plays to be presented at the all-virtual festival are Hitler’s Tasters, by Michelle … Read More >

Karen Edwards-Hunter was a bridge between Jewish and Black audiences

By David Y. Chack For Community Karen Edwards-Hunter, who died on Nov. 22, had that unique ability to build bridges between cultures, bringing people together from all backgrounds and all beliefs. That is her real legacy. The JAACKY Royale Theatre … Read More >

Imagining Heschel: ShPIeL play delayed by COVID can be seen as pay-per-view film

By Lee Chottiner Community Editor The show must go on in the Jewish theatre, but David Chack has just given the old saying new meaning for the 21st- century. The ShPIeL Performing Identity, a theater project that has staged several … Read More >

Chack: Jewish theatrical group making dramatic readings available online

By Lee Chottiner Community Editor A Jewish Louisville theatrical director and his colleagues from around the country are making Jewish-themed dramatic readings available to the public during the coronavirus pandemic. David Chack, of the ShPIeL Performing Identity, is also a … Read More >

Chack: Jewish theatrical group making dramatic readings available online

A Jewish Louisville theatrical director, and his colleagues from around the country, are making Jewish-themed dramatic readings available to the public during the coronavirus pandemic. David Chack, of the ShPIeL Performing Identity, is also a member of Executive Board of … Read More >

Thirty Years War revisited: ‘Mother Courage’ given Jewish treatment in ShPIeL’s latest production

(Editor’s note: Please note that the dates of performances have changed since Community’s print deadline. Mother Courage will now be staged from Feb. 13-23.) When German playwright Bertold Brecht wrote his classic work, Mother Courage and Her Children, in 1939, … Read More >

Bunbury stages A Jewish Joke in Louisville premiere

The Bunbury Theatre Company opens its 32nd season in October with A Jewish Joke, a play by by Phil Johnson and Marni Freedman. Done in partnership with ShPIel Performing Identity of Chicago, A Jewish Joke is about a curmudgeonly Jewish … Read More >

Drama troupes partner on two plays, workshop

Two cutting-edge theater companies – one in Louisville, one in Chicago – will collaborate this coming year to bring plays with Jewish elements to the Derby City. They also are offering a series of workshops to groom artists, including theater … Read More >

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ShPIeL Performing Identity

‘Otto Frank,’ ‘Mikveh’ among plays to be staged at Jewish theatre festival

Karen Edwards-Hunter was a bridge between Jewish and Black audiences

Imagining Heschel: ShPIeL play delayed by COVID can be seen as pay-per-view film

Chack: Jewish theatrical group making dramatic readings available online

Chack: Jewish theatrical group making dramatic readings available online

Thirty Years War revisited: ‘Mother Courage’ given Jewish treatment in ShPIeL’s latest production

Bunbury stages A Jewish Joke in Louisville premiere

Drama troupes partner on two plays, workshop

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