2008-09 NJT Season
2008-09 SEASON
~ All performances at Clayton High School ~
The JCC's New Jewish Theatre 2008-2009 season has been announced. Winner of four Kevin Kline Awards for the 2007-2008 season, NJT proudly continues its rich tradition with the upcoming schedule of performances. Our performances for the upcoming season will take place at Clayton High School (2 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton, Mo) due to the renovation of the Carlyn H. Wohl Building, including the creation of an even bigger and better theatre in which to attract and showcase our top talent and performances.
This season the New Jewish Theatre continues it's tradition of artistic and theatrical excellence, producing professional productions that examine universal themes and issues, filtered through the lens of the Jewish experience, providing entertaining and often provocative subject matter with local theatre professionals.
The 2008-2009 season continues our expanded programming with a five production season. The complete schedule is listed below.
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New Jewish Theatre
2008-2009 SeasonCHAIM’S LOVE SONG by Marvin Chernoff
September 10 – 28
Chaim Shotsky is a retired mailman from Brooklyn. But Chaim has problems.
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THE LAST SEDER by Jennifer Maisel
December 3 – December 21
Lily and Marvin Price’s four daughters, each with a respective partner, have gathered to say goodbye to a loved who is already gone - patriarch Marvin who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
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SABINA by Willy Holtzman
January 28 – February 15
Sex! Madness! Scandal! In the dawn of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was always on the alert for new disciples.
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SONIA FLEW by Melinda Lopez
(subject to availability)
March 11 – 29
The experience of the Kindertransport during World War II was not unique to the Jewish people. Making the life-shattering choice of giving up one's children is a choice.
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THE LAST FIVE YEARS by Jason Robert Brown
May 27 – June 14
A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony-Award winning composer Brown, The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress.
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