TJT in association with Jonathan Reinis Productions Present
WEST COAST PREMIERE
Written and performed by Josh Kornbluth
In collaboration with David Dower, Director

at TJT 470 Florida St.
April 8 – May 16, 2010

Thursday @8pm: Pay-What-You-Can
Friday @8pm: $20
Saturday @8pm: $34 general, $30 students and seniors
Sunday @2pm: $34 general, $30 students and seniors

This is the story of one secular Jew’s discovery of who he is and where he came from…and the mysterious, elusive artist who showed him the way. A workshop production played to sold out houses at the Contemporary Jewish Museum earlier this year. The finished work will premiere at Theatre J in Washington D.C. before coming home to San Francisco.

Original workshop commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

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By Wakka Wakka Productions

at TJT 470 Florida St.
February 4 – 28, 2010

Thursday @8pm: Pay-What-You-Can at the door
Friday @8pm: $20
Saturday @8pm: $34 general, $30 students and seniors
Sunday @2pm & 7pm: $34 general, $30 students and seniors

Inspired by Nordic and Yiddish folktales, Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz pushes the boundaries of theatrical expression to explore one man’s search for home – and the ways in which individual choices leave an indelible impression on history. Fabrik uses hand-and-rod puppets, masks and original music created and performed by New York City’s Wakka Wakka Productions to tell the story of Moritz Rabinowitz, a Polish Jew who immigrated to Norway at the turn of the century in order to escape pogroms and persecution. Prior to World War II, Rabinowitz became a highly successful suit manufacturer. Chipper, fastidious and ever reciting his rules for the successful businessman, Moritz sensed the virulent anti-Semitism spreading and wrote opinion pieces in local and national journals warning of its advance. As an outspoken major employer, he was singled out for his views and eventually sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

The New York Times said, “This… powerfully affecting production capitalizes on the range of the art form [puppetry] and takes it to impressive heights.”

Co-produced with the Nordland Visual Theatre.

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A Rabbi, Therapist and Artistic Director walk into a theatre…  (RTA)
In this series 1 local Rabbi and therapist will discuss the play with Artistic Director Aaron Davidman. This discussion is sure to be entertaining and give your deeper insight into each play.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

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Written by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by TJT Artistic Director Aaron Davidman

8 performances only!
at Kanbar Hall, JCCSF: 3200 California St
January 7 – 17, 2010

Winner of the 1993 Outer Critics Circle award for Best Broadway Play, Wasserstein’s hit comedy is about the reunion of three Jewish sisters who come together for a visit, and the joys and struggles they share concerning romance, careers, childhood, and family.

The play is produced in association with the Eugene & Elinor Friend Center for the Arts of the Jewish Community Center San Francisco.

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TJT and The Hub of the JCCSF present
WORLD PREMIERE
by Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd
Music by One Ring Zero and Gebrueder Wolf
Directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang

At TJT 470 Florida St.
Until Dec. 6, 2009
Thursday @8pm: Pay-What-You-Can
Friday @8pm: $20
Saturday @8pm and Sunday @7pm: $34 general, $30 students and senior.

STATELESS is a play about performers and the power of collaboration. The show is a multi-media collage of hip-hop performance, vaudeville, magic tricks, comedy, history and folks songs that bend time, connecting these contemporary performers to a famous German-Jewish vaudeville troupe from the 1920’s, The Gebrueder Wolf. This play comes on the heels of the incredible success of Wolf’s Angry Black White Boy that played to sold out houses and had multiple extensions at Intersection For The Arts.

“Who knew vaudeville and hip-hop could work so well together? Then again, why not?” -Robert Hurwitt from the San Francisco Chronicle

‘”Stateless,’ …represents a fascinating model not just of successful creative collaboration, but of the possibilities of engaging young Jews.”- By Dan Schifrin from The Jewish Week

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A Rabbi, Therapist and Artistic Director walk into a theatre…

In this series one local Rabbi and therapist will discuss the play with Artistic Director, Aaron Davidman. This discussion is sure to be entertaining and give your deeper insight into each play.
Saturday, December 5, 2009

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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009

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Stateless: a hip-hop vaudeville experience by Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd, with music by One Ring Zero and Gebrueder Wolf and directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang. Produced in association with The Hub at the JCCSF. Oct. 22 – Dec. 6, 2009 at TJT 470 Florida St.

The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Aaron Davidman. Produced in association with the Eugene & Elinor Friend Center for the Arts. 8 performances only, January 7 – 17, 2010 at Kanbar Hall, JCCSF.

Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz by Wakka Wakka Productions. February 4 – 28, 2010 at TJT 470 Florida St.

West Coast premiere of Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? Written and performed by Josh Kornbluth. Directed by David Dower. Produced in association with Jonathan Reinis Productions. April 8 – May 16, 2010 at TJT 470 Florida St.

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