2009-10 Season

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Stateless: a hip-hop vaudeville experiment by Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd, with music by One Ring Zero and Gebrueder Wolf and directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang. Produced in association with The Hub at the JCCSF. Oct. 22 – Dec. 6, 2009 at TJT 470 Florida St.

The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Aaron Davidman. Produced in association with the Eugene & Elinor Friend Center for the Arts. 8 performances only, January 7 – 17, 2010 at Kanbar Hall, JCCSF.

Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz by Wakka Wakka ensemble. February 4 – 28, 2010 at TJT 470 Florida St.

West Coast premiere of Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? Written and performed by Josh Kornbluth. Directed by David Dower. Produced in association with Jonathan Reinis Productions. April 8 – May 16, 2010 at TJT 470 Florida St.

On the choices for the coming season, Artistic Director, Aaron Davidman notes, “The breadth and depth of the art of theatre is alive and well at TJT. The plays we’ve selected bring a range of stories and genres to the stage. Each of the artists behind these works is first-rate and offers illuminating and entertaining perspectives on our times.”

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March 10, 2009

SFBG- “Wonder as they wander”

Traversing Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Last Yiddish Poet
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
By Robert Avila
The great Langston Hughes titled a volume of his autobiography I Wonder as I Wander, invoking the notion of the poet in terms entirely personal and inevitably representative of a whole people, violently unsettled by history and restlessly searching for [...]

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This post was written by AkilahC on
November 19, 2008

SFweekly- “Dead Language Society”

Traveling Jewish Theatre’s homage to Yiddish is nothing to kvetch about.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By Nathaniel Eaton
Yiddish, in the perception of today’s popular culture, often seems to be an odd collection of endearment terms (bubbe, mensch) and, of course, a fun collection of complaints and insults (kvetch, bubkes, schmuck, feh!). Many words have slipped into everyday [...]

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November 18, 2008

2008/2009 SEASON

THE LAST YIDDISH POET by Corey Fischer, Albert Greenberg and Naomi Newman. Directed by Naomi Newman. November 6 - December 14, 2008
2 X MALAMUD: The Jewbird and The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud. Directed by Joel Mullennix and Sheila Balter. February 12 - 15, 2009
THE MODEL APARTMENT by Donald Margulies. Directed by Amy Glazer. [...]

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November 5, 2008

From the Artistic Director

EVERY GENERATION HAS A STORY TO TELL
Aaron Davidman, Artistic Director

In 1978 Corey Fischer, Albert Greenberg and Naomi Newman were in the vanguard of contemporary Jewish American culture. Their theatrical exploration of Jewish imagination, identity and politics cut an edge through the field and touched a generation in search of meaning. Thirty years later a [...]

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October 6, 2008