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Friday, March 31, 2017

 

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The Wasserman Jewish Studies Center at Baruch College cordially invites you to join us in April for our Annual Spring Conference:

 

"The Making of Jewish Theater"

April 4, 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM

Engelman Recital Hall

55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues

 

Panel I - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

“The History of Yiddish Theater”

Alyssa Quint, The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 

Nahma Sandrow. Author and Lecturer 

Edna Nahshon, Jewish Theological Seminary

Moderated by Debra Caplan, Baruch College

 

Panel II - 3:00 - 4:30 PM

“Jews and the Golden Age of Broadway”

Alisa Solomon, Columbia University 

Stuart Hecht, Boston College 

Henry Bial, The University of Kansas

 

Panel III - 5:30 - 7:00 PM

“Jewish Theater Today”

David Mandelbaum, New Yiddish Repertory Theater 

Jesse Freedman, Meta-Phys Ed 

Dan Fishback, Helix Queer Performance Network 

Motl Didner, National Yiddish Theater

Moderated by Laura Kolb, Baruch College

 

Keynote Address - 7:30 - 8:30 PM

Danny Burstein, interviewed by Dr. Alisa Solomon

 

This event is free and open to the public! Please visit our Eventbrite page to register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-making-of-jewish-theatre-tickets-27178949971

 

We hope to see you there!