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Sunday, December 22
 

9:30am EST

The Lullaby of Second Avenue: Yiddish Urban Theatre Workshop
Sunday December 22, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
What’s that racket down at the street corner? Someone hawking knishes two for a nickel? Crying out the latest news from the Forverts or the Tog? Getting into fisticuffs over the relative merits of Sholem Aleichem or Peretz — or Paula Prilutsky!? Or is it maybe… just maybe… the call of someone drawing audiences into the glittering, raucous, seltzer-spattered and sunflower seed-strewn space of the Yiddish theatre: “Kumt arayn! Kumt arayn! Tragedye, komedye, we’ve got it all!” In this workshop: it is all of these together. Writers for the Yiddish stage in New York City took inspiration from the overfull metropolis they called their new home, all its startling sounds and smells and sights, as they wrote their urban-set comedies and dramas for the enjoyment of the teeming hordes of the Lower East Side. We will take inspiration from the same city they did, and in which these plays are set, as we imagine their motivating forces—the miseries of the sweatshop, the delights of the dairy café—while examining a series of powerful theatrical scenes and playing them out together. Our understanding of these play excerpts will be enhanced by lively nontheatrical documents of the time that give us further insight into the milieu of these works. A performance will be given in the student concert at the end by those who are keen to show their stuff before a crowd, though only those who feel called to need participate in that. Scripts will be provided in transliteration with word-by-word translation provided and acted in Yiddish, though no background in the language or in acting is required — just a curiosity about the Yiddish theatre of the city, and a desire to lend your own wild voice to its unearthly cacophony.
Speakers
avatar for Mikhl Yashinsky

Mikhl Yashinsky

Born in Detroit, Mikhl Yashinsky (theater) graduated with a degree in Modern European history and literature from Harvard, and works as an actor-singer, playwright, and translator in New York City. He performed the title role in his own play Di psure loyt khaim (The Gospel According... Read More →
Sunday December 22, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)

11:15am EST

Low-Schmaltz Yiddish Theatre Song Therapy
Sunday December 22, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
This master class will provide singers with the opportunity to develop all elements of their performance in order to better serve the intention and impact of a song. Special attention will be paid to issues of diction, theatricality, arrangement, multi-lingual performance, translation, style- mixing, and getting at the meaning of a lyric. Participants are encouraged to bring at least one memorized Yiddish song. Self accompaniment and a cappella performance are fine. If you need accompaniment, please bring a score or lead sheet.
For Intermediate to Advanced Participants.
Speakers
avatar for Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts is a New York based Actor-Singer-Dancer-Musician and Labor Activist whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award Winning Best Musical Once, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, and Fiddler on the Roof with Topol. She appeared in the critically acclaimed... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn (vocals) is a Detroit-born troubadour, translator, multi-instrumentalist, and theater artist, now harboring in Hamburg. His work crosses many borders, linguistic and otherwise.
Sunday December 22, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)
 
Monday, December 23
 

9:30am EST

The Lullaby of Second Avenue: Yiddish Urban Theatre Workshop
Monday December 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
What’s that racket down at the street corner? Someone hawking knishes two for a nickel? Crying out the latest news from the Forverts or the Tog? Getting into fisticuffs over the relative merits of Sholem Aleichem or Peretz — or Paula Prilutsky!? Or is it maybe… just maybe… the call of someone drawing audiences into the glittering, raucous, seltzer-spattered and sunflower seed-strewn space of the Yiddish theatre: “Kumt arayn! Kumt arayn! Tragedye, komedye, we’ve got it all!” In this workshop: it is all of these together. Writers for the Yiddish stage in New York City took inspiration from the overfull metropolis they called their new home, all its startling sounds and smells and sights, as they wrote their urban-set comedies and dramas for the enjoyment of the teeming hordes of the Lower East Side. We will take inspiration from the same city they did, and in which these plays are set, as we imagine their motivating forces—the miseries of the sweatshop, the delights of the dairy café—while examining a series of powerful theatrical scenes and playing them out together. Our understanding of these play excerpts will be enhanced by lively nontheatrical documents of the time that give us further insight into the milieu of these works. A performance will be given in the student concert at the end by those who are keen to show their stuff before a crowd, though only those who feel called to need participate in that. Scripts will be provided in transliteration with word-by-word translation provided and acted in Yiddish, though no background in the language or in acting is required — just a curiosity about the Yiddish theatre of the city, and a desire to lend your own wild voice to its unearthly cacophony.
Speakers
avatar for Mikhl Yashinsky

Mikhl Yashinsky

Born in Detroit, Mikhl Yashinsky (theater) graduated with a degree in Modern European history and literature from Harvard, and works as an actor-singer, playwright, and translator in New York City. He performed the title role in his own play Di psure loyt khaim (The Gospel According... Read More →
Monday December 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)

11:15am EST

Low-Schmaltz Yiddish Theatre Song Therapy
Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
This master class will provide singers with the opportunity to develop all elements of their performance in order to better serve the intention and impact of a song. Special attention will be paid to issues of diction, theatricality, arrangement, multi-lingual performance, translation, style- mixing, and getting at the meaning of a lyric. Participants are encouraged to bring at least one memorized Yiddish song. Self accompaniment and a cappella performance are fine. If you need accompaniment, please bring a score or lead sheet.
For Intermediate to Advanced Participants.
Speakers
avatar for Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts is a New York based Actor-Singer-Dancer-Musician and Labor Activist whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award Winning Best Musical Once, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, and Fiddler on the Roof with Topol. She appeared in the critically acclaimed... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn (vocals) is a Detroit-born troubadour, translator, multi-instrumentalist, and theater artist, now harboring in Hamburg. His work crosses many borders, linguistic and otherwise.
Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)
 
Tuesday, December 24
 

9:30am EST

The Lullaby of Second Avenue: Yiddish Urban Theatre Workshop
Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
What’s that racket down at the street corner? Someone hawking knishes two for a nickel? Crying out the latest news from the Forverts or the Tog? Getting into fisticuffs over the relative merits of Sholem Aleichem or Peretz — or Paula Prilutsky!? Or is it maybe… just maybe… the call of someone drawing audiences into the glittering, raucous, seltzer-spattered and sunflower seed-strewn space of the Yiddish theatre: “Kumt arayn! Kumt arayn! Tragedye, komedye, we’ve got it all!” In this workshop: it is all of these together. Writers for the Yiddish stage in New York City took inspiration from the overfull metropolis they called their new home, all its startling sounds and smells and sights, as they wrote their urban-set comedies and dramas for the enjoyment of the teeming hordes of the Lower East Side. We will take inspiration from the same city they did, and in which these plays are set, as we imagine their motivating forces—the miseries of the sweatshop, the delights of the dairy café—while examining a series of powerful theatrical scenes and playing them out together. Our understanding of these play excerpts will be enhanced by lively nontheatrical documents of the time that give us further insight into the milieu of these works. A performance will be given in the student concert at the end by those who are keen to show their stuff before a crowd, though only those who feel called to need participate in that. Scripts will be provided in transliteration with word-by-word translation provided and acted in Yiddish, though no background in the language or in acting is required — just a curiosity about the Yiddish theatre of the city, and a desire to lend your own wild voice to its unearthly cacophony.
Speakers
avatar for Mikhl Yashinsky

Mikhl Yashinsky

Born in Detroit, Mikhl Yashinsky (theater) graduated with a degree in Modern European history and literature from Harvard, and works as an actor-singer, playwright, and translator in New York City. He performed the title role in his own play Di psure loyt khaim (The Gospel According... Read More →
Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)

11:15am EST

Low-Schmaltz Yiddish Theatre Song Therapy
Tuesday December 24, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
This master class will provide singers with the opportunity to develop all elements of their performance in order to better serve the intention and impact of a song. Special attention will be paid to issues of diction, theatricality, arrangement, multi-lingual performance, translation, style- mixing, and getting at the meaning of a lyric. Participants are encouraged to bring at least one memorized Yiddish song. Self accompaniment and a cappella performance are fine. If you need accompaniment, please bring a score or lead sheet.
For Intermediate to Advanced Participants.
Speakers
avatar for Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts is a New York based Actor-Singer-Dancer-Musician and Labor Activist whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award Winning Best Musical Once, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, and Fiddler on the Roof with Topol. She appeared in the critically acclaimed... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn (vocals) is a Detroit-born troubadour, translator, multi-instrumentalist, and theater artist, now harboring in Hamburg. His work crosses many borders, linguistic and otherwise.
Tuesday December 24, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)
 
Wednesday, December 25
 

9:30am EST

The Lullaby of Second Avenue: Yiddish Urban Theatre Workshop
Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
What’s that racket down at the street corner? Someone hawking knishes two for a nickel? Crying out the latest news from the Forverts or the Tog? Getting into fisticuffs over the relative merits of Sholem Aleichem or Peretz — or Paula Prilutsky!? Or is it maybe… just maybe… the call of someone drawing audiences into the glittering, raucous, seltzer-spattered and sunflower seed-strewn space of the Yiddish theatre: “Kumt arayn! Kumt arayn! Tragedye, komedye, we’ve got it all!” In this workshop: it is all of these together. Writers for the Yiddish stage in New York City took inspiration from the overfull metropolis they called their new home, all its startling sounds and smells and sights, as they wrote their urban-set comedies and dramas for the enjoyment of the teeming hordes of the Lower East Side. We will take inspiration from the same city they did, and in which these plays are set, as we imagine their motivating forces—the miseries of the sweatshop, the delights of the dairy café—while examining a series of powerful theatrical scenes and playing them out together. Our understanding of these play excerpts will be enhanced by lively nontheatrical documents of the time that give us further insight into the milieu of these works. A performance will be given in the student concert at the end by those who are keen to show their stuff before a crowd, though only those who feel called to need participate in that. Scripts will be provided in transliteration with word-by-word translation provided and acted in Yiddish, though no background in the language or in acting is required — just a curiosity about the Yiddish theatre of the city, and a desire to lend your own wild voice to its unearthly cacophony.
Speakers
avatar for Mikhl Yashinsky

Mikhl Yashinsky

Born in Detroit, Mikhl Yashinsky (theater) graduated with a degree in Modern European history and literature from Harvard, and works as an actor-singer, playwright, and translator in New York City. He performed the title role in his own play Di psure loyt khaim (The Gospel According... Read More →
Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Yiddish Theatre (On-Site)

11:15am EST

Low-Schmaltz Yiddish Theatre Song Therapy
Wednesday December 25, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College
This master class will provide singers with the opportunity to develop all elements of their performance in order to better serve the intention and impact of a song. Special attention will be paid to issues of diction, theatricality, arrangement, multi-lingual performance, translation, style- mixing, and getting at the meaning of a lyric. Participants are encouraged to bring at least one memorized Yiddish song. Self accompaniment and a cappella performance are fine. If you need accompaniment, please bring a score or lead sheet.
For Intermediate to Advanced Participants.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn (vocals) is a Detroit-born troubadour, translator, multi-instrumentalist, and theater artist, now harboring in Hamburg. His work crosses many borders, linguistic and otherwise.
avatar for Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts

Joanne Borts is a New York based Actor-Singer-Dancer-Musician and Labor Activist whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award Winning Best Musical Once, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, and Fiddler on the Roof with Topol. She appeared in the critically acclaimed... Read More →
Wednesday December 25, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
525 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
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