AnskyвЂ™s THE DYBBUK and Joachim NeugroschelвЂ™s translation. The latest masterpiece from this Jewish Renaissance comes in the form of a powerful production of A DYBBUK by Tony Kushner, based on S. Its artistic director Lane Savadove, former Head of Directing at Loyola University, New Orleans, and now Head of Acting/Directing at Rowan University, who has taught and directed both in the US and abroad, produced a whole season of fully staged Jewish plays, ranging from masterpieces like THE GOLEM, via the DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, to Peter WeissвЂ™ INVESTIGATION. However, no theatre in Philadelphia went as far as the EgoPo Classic Theater.

Most performances were sold out, indicating a tremendous interest in Jewish Theatre-a Renaissance, unprecedented in Philadelphia theatre history. Surprisingly, Jewish theatre in Philadelphia is thriving as never before with many of the main companies producing Jewish drama or plays by Jewish authors, including the Arden with THE WHIPPING MAN, taking on the touchy subject of a Jewish slave owner during the Civil War Theatre Ariel with A STRANGER IN OUR MIDST, a collection of 11 new 10-minute Jewish-themed plays the Interact Theatre with PALESTINE by Najla SaГЇd, daughter of Edward SaГЇd, famous scholar and cultural critic the Lantern Theater with NEW JERUSALEM: THE INTERROGATION OF BARUCH DE SPINOZA AT TALMUD TORAH CONGREGATION: AMSTERDAM, Jthe Quintessence Theatre Group with an extremely confrontational presentation of Shylock and the non-Jewish community in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and the Wilma Theatre with one of the most exquisite, yet gut-wrenching plays of the season with OUR CLASS, set in Poland. JEWISH THEATRE RENAISSANCE, IN SPITE OF THE ECONOMY Worse, to the chagrin of many members of the theatre world, more and more established and respected theatres are forced to close their doors for good, including the very active and innovative Arizona Jewish Theatre and the much talked-about Jewish Theatre of San Francisco. The United States, one of the worldвЂ™s richest and most powerful countries, is experiencing such bad economic times that many cultural institutions are struggling. вЂ‹If museums and libraries are legs on which we stand culturally, theatres are lungs through which we breathe. The lover (Robert DaPonte) taking a Mikveh to achieve ritual purity, with young Jewish scholars in A DYBBUK. Performed by the EgoPo Classic Theater, Philadelphia. Translated from Yiddish by Joachim Neugroschel. Republished by kind permission from Drama Around the Globe.Д«y S. вЂ‹Originally published on All About Jewish Theatre.

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