New Jewish Theatre
An Award-Winning Program of the J!
Congratultions to the New Jewish Theatre on their six Kevin Kline Award nominations!
Best Actress - Kary Ely (Sonia Flew)
Best Supporting Actor - Alan Knoll (Conversations with My Father)
Travis Estes (Brooklyn Boy)
Best Sound - Bobby Miller (Brooklyn Boy)
Best Director - Bobby Miller (Brooklyn Boy)
Best Production of a Play - Brooklyn Boy
Congratulations also to JCC Cultural Arts employee Kirsten Wylder for her Best Supporting Actress nomination for Wonder of the World
Year after year, the New Jewish Theatre continues its tradition of presenting professional theatre at the highest level of artistic excellence, producing shows that examine universal themes and issues, filtered through the lens of the Jewish experience. Each production provides entertaining and often provocative subject matter featuring theatre professionals from the St. Louis area and elsewhere.
Ticket prices range from $22 to $30 with season tickets available and group rates for groups of 10 or more.
All productions are at Clayton High School unless otherwise noted.
Performance times are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm; Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
Contact: NJT Hotline, 314-442-3283
Visit NJT: New Jewish Theatre Online
Remaining Productions of the 2009-10 New Jewish Theatre Season
THE PEOPLE'S VIOLIN by Charlie Varon
February 24 - March 14
A sensitive exploration of family relationships, culture, identity, truth and deception. Varon's play grapples with the distinctly American notion that we can reinvent ourselves. When Sol Shank, an exceptional filmmaker, undertakes a documentary film about his psychotherapist-Holocaust authority-author father, he discovers things that launch him on a quest uncovering hidden chapters in his father's past. Sol is forced to question what it means to be Jewish while the audience questions the meaning of identity, tribe and self.
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare, adapted by Robin Weatherall
April 14 - May 2
**Production at Missouri History Museum, E. Desmond Lee Theatre**
Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers assumes a different tone with the story set in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1947 during the war for Israeli Independence. Rather than feuding familes in Verona, we find warring Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem. With the love story intact, the play in this setting becomes a history lesson. As the two young lovers try to cross the political divide, the tragedy of their ill-fated love results in a hopeful lesson for tolerance, understanding and peave. A world premiere adaptation.
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR by Neil Simon
June 2 - 20
Inspired by Simon's experience as a writer for Cid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, this raucous comedy, set in 1953 during television's golden age, is a hilarious behind-the-scenes peek into the comedy writers' room for a fictional show. The writers' office is like a war zone with the writers at constant battle with each other to create the perfect 90-minute show. It's screamingly funny with its fast paced insults, non-sequiturs and one-liners.
Kevin Kline Awards for NJT!
The New Jewish Theatre has captured 27 Kevin Kline nominations and six Awards since the awards began five years ago.
The awards received are:
2005 Awards
2006 Awards
2007 Awards
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