For Immediate Release                                                                       Contact:  Robin Goldberg

September 5, 2001                                                                                  415-399-1809 ext. 302

A TRAVELING JEWISH THEATRE SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON

LOVE AND BETRAYAL

WITH A SEASON OF THREE PREMIERES

October 5, 2001 – May 19, 2002

Isaac
October 5 – November 11, 2001 (Press Opening Monday, October 8)
Written by David Schulner
Performed by Aaron Davidman, Corey Fischer and Naomi Newman
Directed by Joan Schirle (of the Dell' Arte Company)
Developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab (Craig Lucas, Director), Lincoln Center, Public Theatre and A Traveling Jewish Theatre
West Coast Premiere

Una Noche de Suenos vidi Flores – a dream of flowers
January 10 – February 10, 2002 (Press Opening Monday, January 14)
Written and Composed by Albert Greenberg
Translated by Rebecca Camhi Frommer
Directed by Helen Stoltzfus
World Premiere

Borscht Belt by the Bay
February 14 – March 17, 2002 (Press Opening Monday, February 18)

Song of Songs
April 11 – May 19, 2002 (Press Opening Monday, April 15)
Written by Naomi Newman
Based on the translation by Chana Bloch and Ariel Bloch
World Premiere

A Traveling Jewish Theatre is located at 470 Florida Street (between 17th and Mariposa Streets) in San Francisco.  Performances are scheduled Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm and 7 pm.  Subscriptions for the four-play season  range in price from $40 to $100.  Single tickets are on sale now.  Tickets prices are as follows:  General admission $25; Seniors $20; and Students $12.50.  Tickets for Opening Nights include a reception following the performance and tickets for those evenings are $28.  Group discounts are available for groups of ten or more.  All Thursday performances are pay-what-you-can at the door (subject to availability).   For subscriptions or information regarding ATJT's Love and Betrayal Season, call 415-399-1809.               

Details:

Isaac
October 5 – November 11, 2001
The sacrifice of Isaac, one of the richest and most troubling stories in the Bible, is given a stunning and provocative new interpretation by David Schulner, one of America’s fastest-rising young playwrights.  Isaac was developed at the Sundance Theater Lab, Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre and A Traveling Jewish Theatre.  ATJT brings you the West Coast Premiere.

Una Noche de Suenos vidi Flores – a dream of flowers
January 10 – February 10, 2002
Rich original music and intense physicality will infuse this cabaret-style new performance piece.  With new music written and sung by Albert Greenberg, dancers choreographed by Sonya Delwaide, and four performers on stage communicating bilingually in Ladino and English, this piece is going to be high-energy. Delwaide is new to ATJT, but she trained in New York City with Merce Cunningham and Twyla Tharp and has choreographed locally with ODC San Francisco and Berkeley Ballet Theater. In 2001, Ms. Delwaide won an Isadora Duncan award for best performance in her own work.

Borscht Belt by the Bay
February 14 – March 17, 2002 (Press Opening Monday, February 18)
A Traveling Jewish Theatre welcomes leading Bay Area humorists and vaudevillians to its stage for a first-rate Jewish comedy and variety series.   Last year’s performers included Sara Felder, Jeff Raz, Dan Rothenberg, Betsy Salkind and Lisa Geduldig.  This year’s show will have  new performers to spice up the cold months. 

Song of Songs
April 11 – May 19, 2002 (Press Opening Monday, April 15)
Using the supremely sensuous language of Chana and Ariel Bloch’s new award-winning translation of one of the Bible’s most erotic books, Newman’s world premiere theatrical interpretation adds music and movement to bring to life two versions of passion—the fiery sexual awakening enjoyed by two young lovers and the individual soul’s spiritual longing for union with the Divine.

ATJT has brought its repertory to countries throughout Europe, Israel and North America and has collaborated with a wide variety of directors, dramaturgs and performers, notably Joseph Chaikin, Mira Rafalowicz, Martha Boesing and Mark Samuels.  Producing a constantly evolving body of work, ATJT  builds bridges across cultural divides.  A winner of numerous critical awards including the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, and honors from Drama-logue and the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, ATJT won a lifetime achievement award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture in 1999.  For more information on ATJT's Love and Betrayal Season, call 415-399-1809.

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