The first musical theatre piece to be produced under NYTF’s Global Restoration Project, an initiative to repair and bring to life the lost, damaged, and forgotten works of the Yiddish theatre canon.
5 performances only
The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin).
DECEMBER 25—JANUARY 1
at Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond J. Safra Plaza | 36 Battery Pl. | New York, NY 10280
TICKETS: $25 (plus facility fees)
Performances:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 | 2 PM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 | 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 | 7 PM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 | 12 PM
MONDAY, JANUARY 1 | 2 PM
Orchestral arrangements, dating to the late 19th Century were located in the archives of YIVO’s Vilna Collection, which was saved from Nazi and Soviet destruction in the Vilna Ghetto by the famed Paper Brigade. These early orchestrations served as the starting point for NYTF’s newly revived musical arrangements.
This past September, NYTF presented a concert version of The Sorceress for an invited audience of scholars, artists, and supporters as part of the show’s restoration development. A month later, in October after further refinement, NYTF traveled to Bucharest, Romania for a historic co-presentation of The Sorceress with the State Jewish Theater, Goldfaden’s artistic home, in celebration of their theatre’s 2nd International Yiddish Theatre Festival.
Now after several months of restoration work and development, The Sorceress is returning home to lower Manhattan, in a lightly staged and costumed developmental production featuring a company of 17 actors and a 10-piece orchestra.
Actors perform in the September reading of The Sorceress. Photo: Victor Nechay | properpix.com