Internationally acclaimed theatre artist DEB FILLER brings her solo show to Cleveland in an evening of stories, music and film.

presented in partnership with Interplay Jewish Theatre, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Jewish Community Center.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020, 7 P.M.

Hosted by the Mandel JCC 26001 South Woodland Rd., Beachwood, OH

Deb Filler shares the role of music in her family’s life as they emerged from Nazi-occupied Europe to settle in New Zealand. Among her stories: her father’s life-changing encounter with Leonard Bernstein, who came to his DP camp in Landsberg, Germany in 1948, to conduct the Displaced Persons Orchestra. Deb shares her award-winning film documentary, Mr. Bernstein, which has played in Jewish film festivals around the world. In it, she revisits her father’s transformation – and much later, her own, when she successfully tracks down the Maestro. In her life-affirming “I Did It My Way,” Filler pays homage to musicians who influenced her life.

For tickets and information, visit www.maltzmuseum.org or call ( 216) 593-0575. ALL RESERVATIONS ARE BEING HANDLED THROUGH THE MALTZ MUSEUM.

TICKETS ARE $25 for general admission; and $20 for members of the Maltz Museum or JCC.

By STEVEN LEVENSON

TWO STAGED READINGS Directed by BRIAN ZOLDESSY

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8, 2019, at 2 p.m.; and MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 2019, at 7 p.m.

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

Shortly before 9/11, the Fischer family gathers to celebrate Dad’s 75th birthday. Instead, his grown children clash over everything from their brother’s controversial work in Jewish Studies to the mounting pressures of eldercare. As they struggle to find personal and political common ground, their old secrets and resentments bubble to the surface. Steven Levenson, Tony Award-winning book author of Dear Evan Hansen, tells a bitterly funny, powerful, insightful tale of a family and a culture at odds with itself.

DONATIONS accepted at the door.

Reserve seats by calling (216) 393-PLAY (7529); or at interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com

By William Gibson

Two staged readings, directed by Faye Sholiton

Starring DOROTHY SILVER, with John Busser

BOTH PERFORMANCES BOOKED; WAITING LIST AVAILABLE

MONDAY, JULY 1 & TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019, at 7 p.m.

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

Born in Kiev in 1898 and raised in Milwaukee, Goldie Mabovitch might have lived the relatively comfortable life of a 20th century American Jewish woman. But the call of Zionism beckoned. Arriving in Palestine in 1921, she would rise to become a world-renowned fundraiser, civil servant and politician – and a co-signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Her election in 1969 as Israel’s Prime Minister positioned her in 1973 to wrestle with of the most agonizing decisions in the annals of modern warfare.

Playwright William Gibson (The Miracle Worker) wrote this review of Meir’s life as a series of late-night reminiscences. In 2003, Golda’s Balcony, starring Tovah Feldshuh, would become the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history.

Admission is free; DONATIONS WELCOME AT THE DOOR.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED at interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com; or by calling 216 393-PLAY (7529).

AN EVENING WITH JAZZ VIOLINIST AARON WEINSTEIN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018, 7 p.m.

Hosted by Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH

Widely considered one of the finest jazz violinists of his generation, Aaron Weinstein has been a featured soloist at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and in festivals around the world He’s performed and recorded with jazz icons like John Pizzarelli (who calls Aaron “a perfect musician”), Annie Ross and NY Pops founder, Skitch Henderson. Also a master of deadpan comedy, he’s been dubbed “The Groucho of the Violin” by Tony Bennett. Weinstein appears in celebration of Interplay Jewish Theatre’s 7th anniversary.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

216 393-PLAY; or interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com

Caricature courtesy of Ken Fallin