THE DOGS OF PRIPYAT

By Leah Napolin

STAGED READING, DIRECTED BY MITCHELL FIELDS

Set in the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, it’s a look at what remains when all seems lost.

A BENEFIT FOR UKRAINE RELIEF, in partnership with the MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER and the CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS.

Sunday, August 28, 2022, at 7 p.m.

MANDEL JCC, 26001 SOUTH WOODLAND RD., BEACHWOOD, OHIO

THANKS to all who supported our reading, most particularly, THE CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS and the MANDEL JCC. Thanks, too, to our fabulous cast, led by MITCHELL FIELDS*: JOHN BUSSER, SEAN CAHILL, AMY FRITSCHE* BEN GREGG, LAUREL HART, KENNEDI HOBBS, JON LOYA, ANNE McEVOY, JAMES RANKIN, AMY SCHWABAUER, MA’LON SMITH, CODY SWANSON and ALYSSA WEXLER; and Sound Designer, RICHARD INGRAHAM. *Member, AEA

PLEASE CONTINUE TO DONATE TO OUR FOUR DESIGNATED RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS, payable to the organization, (with the added note, “Ukraine relief”)

HIAS: https.hias.org/ 411 Fifth Ave., #1006, NY, NY 10016

JCC KRAKOW, https.friendsof jcckrakow.org; or Friends of JCC Krakow, c/o Dagan La Corte, Treasurer, 74 Lafayette Ave., #101, Suffern, NY 10901

JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND; https:/donatejewishcleveland.org/; Jewish Federation of Cleveland, 25701 Science Park Dr., Beachwood, OH 44122

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: https://wck.org; World Central Kitchen, 200 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001

MORE ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS…

HIAS: The organization that helped resettle our parents and grandparents now provides the same services to today’s Ukrainian refugees. More than five million have fled Ukraine to Europe. HIAS is also giving aid and protection assistance to many of the 15 million people still living in the embattled land.

FRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW: Since the start of the Russian onslaught, the JCC in Krakow and its partners have provided food, clothing, lodging, transportation and other vital resources to more than 100,000 Ukrainians, only 5% of whom are Jewish. Their relief efforts are ongoing in Krakow, on the Ukraine-Poland border and in Ukraine.

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND (Emergency Ukraine Relief Fund) has raised millions of dollars to provide humanitarian aid, through partnerships with the Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Among other achievements, they have helped evacuate tens of thousands of Ukrainians to Israel and around the world.

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: The operation founded by Chef Jose Andres has served more than 200 million free, fresh meals worldwide since 2010. In 2022, they have made an extraordinary commitment to feeding the Ukrainian community, inside and outside the country, providing countless jobs at the same time. They are at work, daily, in more than 1100 Ukrainian cities and towns, as well as in countries that are receiving war refugees.

BAUER

By Lauren Gunderson

STAGED READING directed by Mitchell Fields

and featuring MARC MORITZ*, LAURA PERROTTA*, JULIETTE REGNIER and MARY ALICE BECK *Member, AEA

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 3 p.m.

At MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 26001 South Woodland Rd., Beachwood

Playwright Lauren Gunderson tells the story of celebrated European painter/printmaker/theoretician Rudolf Bauer, whose career derailed when the Nazis arrested him for his “degenerate art.” Rescued and brought to America by art collector Solomon Guggenheim, Bauer would suffer an equally disturbing fate here: being told what to create.

Presented in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, in support of their exhibition “CHAGALL FOR CHILDREN”; and with the MANDEL JCC.

Admission is free, although DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.

RESERVATIONS: https://www.maltzmuseum.org/events/interplay-jewish-theatre-presents-bauer-a-play-by-lauren-gunderson/ or by calling 216/593-0575

WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW

By ALICE EVE COHEN

Two Staged Readings

Starring Anne McEvoy; Directed by Catherine Albers

Monday, May 2, 2022 at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 7 p.m.

Hosted by Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Hts., OH

Admission is free, with advance reservations.

DONATIONS WELCOME

Contact interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com, or call (216) 393-PLAY

The Scribe

Written and performed by Jesse Bernstein

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m.

View the ONLINE PERFORMANCE that kicks off the National Tour of this critically acclaimed show! Directed by Deborah Baer Mozes.

“I put it together, this holy, sacred text. I made it what it is.” So begins the tale of the Scribe who put together the first Torah. In ancient Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah assign the reluctant Scribe with a task intended to save the Children of Israel. But before he can reconcile the multiple and conflicting source texts into the Torah we know today, the Scribe must first confront his own doubts, his people’s history and his longing for the good-old-days of exile in Babylon. Hear the (maybe) true tale of how “in the beginning” really began!

The performance will be followed by a Q&A with Jesse Bernstein.

In partnership with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University; and Theatre Ariel, in Philadelphia.

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION: “WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?”

The Scribe says he did. But historians, archaeologists and theologians have their own perspectives. Join us with a panel of Biblical scholars (Shawna Dolansky, PhD; Alison Joseph, PhD, and Sarah Shectman, PhD, when they discuss the intellectual and theological debates on Biblical authorship, the evidence in support of these different interpretations, and their own responses to the claims made by The Scribe.

RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION:

https://case.edu/lifelonglearning/lectures/scribe-remote-performance

https://case.edu/lifelonglearning/lectures/who-wrote-the-bible-remote

V-E DAY – cancelled

Written and directed by FAYE SHOLITON

Performed in staged reading, to honor the 75th anniversary of V-E Day

SUNDAY, MAY 10 and MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020, at 7 p.m.

HOSTED BY DOBAMA THEATRE, 2340 LEE ROAD, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS.

It’s May 8, 2003 and we’re in the Cleveland Heights home of 79-year-old widow, Evelyn Bergfeld. On that day, she receives a surprise visitor, her wartime sweetheart, who brings a carton filled with old newsletters that the youthful “Evie” once circulated to hometown troops. The visit brings a flood of memories that make Evelyn young again, for a day. And the greatest gift: her care-taking daughter is able to witness the glorious (albeit brief) transformation.

No admission charge, but DONATIONS APPRECIATED AT THE DOOR.

RESERVATIONS: interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com, or (216) 393-PLAY.