Yiddish Theater Dora Wasserman
The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theater in Montreal is the only Yiddish theater in Canada . It is located in the Center Segal des arts de la scène ( Center Segal for Performing Arts ), a cultural center for the performing arts .
history
The theater was founded in 1958 by the Jewish actress Dora Wasserman of Ukrainian descent. Initially, entertainment shows with a professional comedian and amateur actors achieved great success. In addition, classical and contemporary plays were performed, e. B. by Sholem Alejchem and Shalom Asch.
Since 1968 the theater has been producing musical comedies with the composer Eli Rubinstein, which are very popular with audiences. In 1996 Bryna Wasserman, a daughter of Dora Wasserman, became the new director of the ensemble. By 2003 a total of about 70 productions were performed.
Repertoire (selection)
- The Innkeeper (1958) (first production)
- Hanna Szenes (1958) ( Aharon Megged )
- The Lottery ( Scholem Alejchem )
- Kiddush Hashem ( Shalom Ash )
- Uncle Moses (Shalom Asch)
- My Father's Court (1974) ( Isaak Bashevis Singer )
- Yentl (1979) (Isaac B. Singer)
- Bullfinch The Fool (1982) (Isaac B. Singer)
- The Ball (1988) (based on The Gentleman from Kraków , Isaac B. Singer)
- A Bimtel Brief (1991) (Isaac Metzger based on letters from Jewish immigrants in the Yiddish daily Forverts )
- Les Belles-Soeurs (1992), by Michel Tremblay
Web links
- Yiddish Theater of Montreal Site of the theater
- Theater in Spotlight: The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theater, Montreal. Director: Bryna Wasserman ( Memento from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), by Moti Sandak (English)
- Wasserman at Juifs d'ici (optional French or English) Further pictures and texts show the theater
- Wasserman at the Jewish women's archive
notes
- ↑ Wasserman , b. 1919 or 1920, died 2003. Short curriculum vitae, with links to further texts (until 2004), in the Jewish Women Archive JWA, on the occasion of her honor with the Order of Canada in 1993