On The Bimah: Spotlighting Jewish Theatre Artists

Theatre Schmooze: Merging Worlds - Season 2, Episode 2 with Kendell Pinkney Merging Worlds - Season 2, Episode 1 dropped on Friday, March 18, 2022 with our tenth guest: Kendell Pinkney, theatre artist, creative producer, and almost rabbi, based in Brooklyn, New York. Tune in as Kendell and Danielle discuss reflecting and merging multiple identities, shifting perspectives in the religious world, le...

Theatre Schmooze: Unravelling Identity - Season 2, Episode 1 with Hadar Galron Unravelling Identity - Season 2, Episode 1 dropped on Friday, February 18, 2022 with our ninth guest: Hadar Galron, playwright, actress, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and comedienne, based in Ramat-Gahn, Israel. Tune in as Hadar and Danielle discuss Jewish identity (through plays like "Jewish Enough for Hitler" an...

Theatre Schmooze: The Personal & The Universal - Season 1, Episode 8 with Adam Immerwahr The Personal & The Universal, Season 1, Episode 8 dropped on Sunday, October 31, 2021 with our eighth guest: Adam Immerwahr, Theater director and producer and the Artistic Director of Theater J. Tune in as Adam and Danielle discuss Theater J’s mission and productions, whether only Jewish actors should...

Theatre Schmooze: Wandering Jews - Season 1, Episode 7 with Anna Ziegler Wandering Jews, Season 1, Episode 7 dropped on Thursday, September 30, 2021 with our seventh guest: Anna Ziegler, an award-winning Jewish playwright whose widely produced play PHOTOGRAPH 51 won London’s 2016 WhatsOnStage award for Best New Play. Tune in as Anna and Danielle discuss current projects, Jewish characters in Anna’...

Episode 6 ( Reimagined Rooms) dropped on Thursday, August 19, 2021 with our sixth guest: Alex Chester , a Jewish and Asian Actor, Writer, Podcaster, Influencer, and Producer and the Editor-in-Chief of Mixed Asian Media Fest. Tune in as Alex and Danielle discuss diversifying Jewish performance spaces, sharing stories from mixed AAPI performers, Jewish and Asian identity and their intersections, and...

Forward or Falling?, Episode 5 dropped on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 with our fifth guest: Rebecca Taichman, theatre director and the 2017 winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction for her work on Indecent by Paula Vogel. Tune in as Rebecca and Danielle discuss Jewish identity, past and future productions of Indecent , and how the theatre industry needs to move forward. Theatre Schmooze, an all-ne...

Theatre Schmooze: Caring & Clowning - Season 1, Episode 4 with Jeremy Aluma Episode 4 dropped on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 with our fourth guest: Jeremy Aluma, an award-winning, Jewish-American theatre director and producer of Iraqi descent and Executive Director of Alliance for Jewish Theatre. Tune in as Jeremy and Danielle discuss Jewish identity, antisemitism, and Jeremy’s clown production o...

Intersections of Identity, Episode 3 dropped on Monday, May 31, 2021 with our third guest: Yehudah Jai Husband, a Black, Jewish, Queer theatre producer, playwright, and NAACP award-winning animator. Tune in as Yehudah and Danielle discuss race, racism, antisemitism, and how Yehudah’s numerous intersections have informed his life and work. Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance...

Radical Representation, Episode 2 dropped on Thursday, April 15, 2021 with our second guest: Kimberly Senior, a Jewish woman director of Disgraced, Sheltered , and The Whipping Man . Tune in as she and Danielle discuss Jewish representation and identity in theatre. Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around th...

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Theatre Schmooze: Making with Meaning - Season 1, Episode 1 with Emily Mann Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze...

Theatre Schmooze is an all-new, monthly podcast  from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Enjoy this short 1-minute promo before our official launch. Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will fea...