written, directed, and performed by IRIS BAHR NOV 14 – 22, 2023
WO R L D PREMIERE
WOR LD P R EM IER E
MOSES
by MICHELE LOWE
directed by JOHANNA GRUENHUT performed by GRANT HARRISON DEC 1 – 24, 2023 E AST COA ST PREMIERE
HOW TO B E A KOREAN WOMAN
written and performed by SUN MEE CHOMET
direction and dramaturgy by ZARA AWAR MISTRY JAN 4 – 14, 2024
“The most influential Jewish theater company in the nation.” —The Washington Post
Theater J is a nationally-renowned, professional theater that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. Our work illuminates and examines ethical questions of our time, intercultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities. As the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, we aim to preserve and expand a rich Jewish theatrical tradition and to create community and commonality through theatergoing experiences. The Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. We welcome and encourage the participation of all people, regardless of their background, sexual orientation, abilities, or religion, including interfaith couples and families.
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Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.
FRO M T H E A RT I ST I C A ND M A N AGIN G D IR E C TO RS Dear Patrons, Thank you for being here for the first-ever Here I Am series. Three brilliant solo shows exploring questions around identity and family; these plays are intimate journeys about longing, connection, and healing. The performances can be seen individually or in concert with one another. The series begins with See You Tomorrow. We are delighted to bring acclaimed comedian/actor/writer Iris Bahr back to Theater J for the newest show about her relationship with her mother, both poignant and hilarious. Next, we have Moses by Michele Lowe about one man’s epic emotional journey of self-acceptance and redemption. We conclude with How To Be a Korean Woman, Sun Mee Chomet’s award-winning personal story as a Korean adoptee on a mission to find her birth mother. We are so excited to share these extraordinary performances with you. This December, we’re launching our new Theater Jr. family programming with Tiny Lights, a storytelling theatrical workshop based on beloved Isaac Bashevis Singer folktales created by two of DC's most brilliant artists, Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver. This unique experience is a way to introduce young children to the power of performance while encouraging their creativity. Bring the gift of imagination to the young people you love and share some light this holiday season. We’ve now kicked off our Creative Connections series, which allows audiences to engage more deeply in conversations, including panel discussions that illuminate themes in the plays, creative conversations with artists, and art-making workshops. Please check out our great (and free!) offerings at theaterj.org. If you’re attending a performance that doesn’t have a Creative Connection offering, please come back at any time to participate. This is a season of many firsts for Theater J, and we are so grateful you are with us. Sincerely,
Hayley Finn, Artistic Director
David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director
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TINY LIGHTS: Tales for Chanukah Created by Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver
Sunday, December 3: 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM Saturday, December 9: 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM Sunday, December 10: 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM There is nothing like a great story, well-told. Taking inspiration from the great Chanukah tales of master storyteller Issac Bashevis Singer, our theatrical storytellers will weave tales out of words, a few simple props, and theatrical devices—and then teach you and your young kids how to do the same! Join us to celebrate the joy of Chanukah and the power of the imagination for an interactive event that includes hearing great stories—and then playing with how to do the same in your own home! This show is best suited for families with children ages 4-9, though all are welcome!
Tickets at theaterj.org/tinylights
MORRIS CAFRITZ CENTER FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
D25 DAY OF SERVICE Monday, December 25, project times vary
Visit social service agencies in the metro DC area to prepare and serve meals, sing carols, throw holiday parties, or play bingo – or stay at the Edlavitch DCJCC to donate blood, make instant meal kits, create cards for emergency personnel working on Christmas Day, or more. Choose your project based on location, type of activity, or time of day – we have something for people of all ages and abilities!
Learn more at edcjcc.org/D25
THANK YO U TO O UR 2023 /2024 SE ASON SPONSORS LEADING PRODUCER Covenant Foundation DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities National Endowment for the Arts SPONSORING PRODUCER Cathy Bernard and Patricia Payne Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg Sari R. Hornstein Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Nussdorf Family Foundation Revada Foundation of the Logan Family Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Share Fund The Shubert Foundation SUPPORTING PRODUCER Patti and Mitchell Herman Dianne and Herb Lerner Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Helene and Robert Schlossberg Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker SEE YOU TOMORROW PRODUCTION ANGELS Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher MOSES PRODUCTION ANGELS M. Craig Pascal HOW TO BE A KOREAN WOMAN PRODUCTION ANGELS Bunny Dwin Stephen and Sandra Lachter Ellen and Gary Malasky This production is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Hayley Finn, Artistic Director • David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director A WORLD PREMIERE
SEE YOU TO MOR ROW
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, AND PERFORMED BY IRIS BAHR* NOVEMBER 14–22, 2023 CAST
as herself Iris Bahr*
PRODUC TION TEAM SCENIC DESIGNER Nephelie Andonyadis+ LIGHTING DESIGN Jesse W. Belsky+
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Becky Reed* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Margaret Warner
The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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RUN TIME: 50 minutes with no intermission
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. +Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.
A B OU T T H E A RT I ST IRIS BAHR ON SEE YOU TOMORROW "I was in the thick of my caregiving for my mom in Israel when I had to start preparing for a stand-up show at a theatre in Canada that I had committed to before it all happened. I decided instead to write and perform a piece about what I was going through in the moment with my mom, as I knew so many others could relate. It was a true departure from my previous solo pieces, where I inhabited numerous characters in fictional situations. This was just me, very raw, very vulnerable, but still true to form in alternating between wit and pathos. Through comedy, I rejoice in offering a respite from whatever challenges people are going through and who are eager to come to the theater for an entertaining experience."
IRIS BAHR* is an award-winning writer, actor, director, producer and host of the X-RAE and Near Death podcasts. Ms. Bahr is best known for her recurring role on Curb your Enthusiasm, where she plays the Orthodox Jewish Girl that gets stuck on a ski-lift with Larry David, Hacks, and her original series Svetlana, executive produced by Mark Cuban, which she also wrote and directed for two seasons. Her critically acclaimed solo show, "DAI (enough)”, which she also performed at the United Nations for over 100 ambassadors and delegates, had a hit run Off-Broadway, has toured around the world, and won the prestigious Lucille Lortel Award for Best Solo Performance, as well as two Drama Desk and UK Stage Award nominations. Her third solo show I Lost You There premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, and her fourth work, DAI 2.0, was live streamed for an online audience during the pandemic. She has written two humorous memoirs: Dork Whore, about her travels through Asia, and Machu My Picchu, about her adventures through South America and college experience. She also co-authored Book of Leon with comic JB Smoove. Her books have been translated into numerous languages. As a stand-up comic, Iris has performed both in the US and abroad, she is a magna cum laude graduate of Brown University.
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Hayley Finn, Artistic Director • David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director A WORLD PREMIERE
M OSES
BY MICHELE LOWE DIRECTED BY JOHANNA GRUENHUT PERFORMED BY GRANT HARRISON* DECEMBER 1–24, 2023 PRODUC TION TEAM SCENIC DESIGNER Nephelie Andonyadis+
PROJECTION DESIGN Kelly Colburn+
LIGHTING DESIGN Jesse W. Belsky+
PROPS CONSULTANT Pamela Weiner
COSTUME DESIGN Johnna Presby
SOUND DESIGN Tosin Olufolabi
CASTING DIRECTOR Elizabeth Hay PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Anthony O. Bullock* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Fior Tat
Special thanks to: Ginger Knox and Steve Hammer, Daniella Topol, Andrew Polk, and Dr. Shay Pilnik The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited. Moses was developed by the Cape Cod Theatre Project, Hal Brooks, Artistic Director. RUN TIME: 90 minutes with no intermission
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. +Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.
MICHELE LOWE ON MOSES "A few years back I wrote a monologue called Queen Esther. I loved taking a character from Jewish history, a woman with her own complete story, and bringing her into the 21st century. When I decided to write a one person show, I started with the idea of bringing one of the patriarchs to life. Moses has intrigued me for decades. I took everything I knew about him or imagined about him and gave him a new journey. I’m sure I was also inspired by what I have learned during the past eight years while I’ve coached dozens of rabbis on writing and preaching their sermons. I write about love and loss. Now it’s Moses’ turn to experience both." 9
A B OU T T H E A RT I ST S MICHELE LOWE (PLAY WRIGHT) Broadway: The Smell of the Kill; Off Broadway: String of Pearls (Outer Critics nom for best play, Primary Stages); A Thousand Words Come to Mind with composer Scott Davenport Richards (Joe’s Pub); Regional: Inana (Denver Center Theatre), Victoria Musica (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Mezzulah 1946 (City Theatre), Backsliding in the Promised Land (Syracuse Stage). Upcoming: Michele conceived and wrote the book for Split, with music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, commissioned by Transport Group. Currently at work on The Greatest (Sundance Theatre Lab, Artist in Residence). Recipient of the Francesca Primus Prize and two Edgerton New Play Awards. Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Vradenburg Prize, and the American Theater Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award, the only playwright to be nominated for two plays in one season. Michele is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She lives in New York and coaches writers and rabbis across the country. www.michelelowe.net Grant Harrison* (Man) Theater J debut. 4000 Miles (Studio Theater) NYC: The Secret Catcher (EST/ Youngblood) Job (The Flea) These Seven Sicknesses (The Flea) The Vaults (New Georges) Regional: Dial M for Murder (Bucks County Playhouse) Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill (LATC) TV/Film: Relay (upcoming feature 2024) Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (upcoming on MAX 2024) The Good Fight (Paramount+) God Friended Me (CBS) The Tick (Amazon) as well as the feature film Birth/Rebirth which premiered at Sundance in 2023 and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Education: MFA NYU, BA UCLA.
Johanna Gruenhut (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of Theater J in Washington, DC. Her work has been seen at Theater J, Mosaic Theater Company, The Public, The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Weston Theater Company (formerly Weston Playhouse), Long Wharf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Baltimore Center Stage. She has taught at Georgetown University, University of Maryland, College Park, The Johns Hopkins University, and University of California, San Diego. Originally from New York, she currently lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband and their three kids.
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Image: Moses and The Burning Bush by William Blake, c.1800 —Article printed with permission, Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, (4.19.2022). The Deepest Meaning Of Hineni. 929. https:// www.929.org.il/lang/en/page/53/post/40815 929 is the number of chapters in the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, the formative text of the Jewish heritage. It is also the name of a cutting-edge project dedicated to creating a global Jewish conversation anchored in the Hebrew Bible. 929 English invites Jews everywhere to read and study Tanakh, one chapter a day, Sunday through Thursday.
THE D E EP EST M EA NI NG S O F H I NE NI By Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
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ne day, when Moses was tending his flock in the wilderness, having fled from Egypt and now living with his wife and sons in Midian, he came upon an unusual site: a lone bush among the desert scruff, ablaze. So he paused to look at it. And as he stood a while gazing upon the bush, he slowly began to realize that this was not just an unusual site (nothing else around it was burning); it was astonishing: a bush aflame but not being consumed. Riveted by this vision, he chose to draw closer, to get a better look. And it was in that moment that God seemed to finally choose Moses. Perhaps it was because of his intense curiosity, his ability to bear witness to the inexplicable and not shrink from its presence.
Perhaps it was because Moses held off judgment, refusing to give in to superstitions or conjure up easy or fantastical explanations but rather chose to be present to the moment of awe and mystery.
Or perhaps it was because this time, Moses chose not to run away from power and danger but toward it. Whatever it was, God chose Moses and called his name. “Moses, Moses.” And Moses answered, as did Abraham and Jacob before him and Samuel after him: “Hineni, here I am.”
A stunning response. Hineni is a pure, astonished, unguarded affirmation given before all the facts are known. It is a spontaneous, unequivocal commitment promising: “I am here”, where and as you found me, fully attentive, focused, all in. And even more, “I am here”- all of me, with all that I am and all that I can be.
Hineni is a response of sacred and undiluted presence, a response in which the self sheds all reservations, which expands the boundaries of self, indicating a readiness to receive and respond to whatever experience is about to unfold. It is brave and humble.
It is the kind of response we offer only a few times in our lives. When we promise ourselves to the one we love not knowing what the future might bring; when we gaze into a newborn’s eyes and promise we will never let them down. When we promise ourselves – as we enter a new era of our lives - to be all that we can be. 11
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Hayley Finn, Artistic Director • David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director AN EAST COST PREMIERE
H OW TO BE A KO R E AN WO M A N PERFORMED AND WRITTEN BY SUN MEE CHOMET* DIRECTION AND DRAMATURGY BY ZARAAWAR MISTRY JANUARY 1–14, 2024 CAST
as herself Sun Mee Chomet*
PRODUC TION TEAM SCENIC DESIGNER Nephelie Andonyadis+ LIGHTING DESIGN Jesse W. Belsky+
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Becky Reed* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Shee Shee Jin
This production is supported by the Bruce A. Cohen Memorial Fund
RUN TIME: 85 minutes with no intermission
The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
SUN MEE CHOME T ON HOW TO BE A KOREAN WOMAN "I have always wondered about my Korean birth family. When I was a young child, l used to have a recurring dream in which I would be drawing my birth mother with charcoal and then just as I was about to draw her face, I would wake up. I have always been grateful that my father was Jewish because I grew up in a family that understood discrimination, war, immigration, grief, and relentless hope. There are so many parallels in the Jewish-American and Korean-American experiences of family history and loss and survival. The play is specifically about my search for and reunion with my Korean birth family, yet it is universally about every person's desire to be whole. My hope is to give voice to the internal life of what so many adoptees hold inside, sometimes not even knowing the questions they are housing in their own souls. It excites me to perform for Theater J audiences because there are many Jewish adoptees that I've met through the years (Korean, Guatemalan, Chinese, etc.) and our experiences are very specific and unique. We are accepted, and yet sometimes not accepted. We face discrimination within our own communities even though it wasn't our choice to be adopted. I hope to crack open these conversations by sharing one human story which is my own." 13
A B OU T T H E A RT I ST S Sun Mee Chomet* In the US, Sun Mee has worked with Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3, Syracuse Stage, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Kansas City Repertory, Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Ten Thousand Things Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Jungle Theater, Theater Mu, Park Square Theatre, and many more. Internationally, Sun Mee performed her award-winning one-woman show, How to Be a Korean Woman at Post Theater in Seoul, S. Korea. Sun Mee’s recognition includes a 2022 Suzi Bass Award for Bina’s Six Apples, 2019 and 2013 Playwrights’ Center McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships, 2019 Decades Acting Awards (Minneapolis Star Tribune & City Pages for Vietgone and Two Mile Hollow), 2015 Lucille Lortel nomination (brownsville song), 2013 TCG Fox Fellowship, Star Tribune’s ‘Best of’ lists for The Origin(s) Project (2012) and Asiamnesia (2007); “2012 Best Solo Performance” honors for her play, How to Be a Korean Woman (Lavender Magazine). She would like to thank Hayley Finn and Theater J for the invitation to be a part of the festival, thus expanding the reach of the Jewish diaspora. Zaraawar Mistry (Director and Dramaturg) Born in India, Zaraawar Mistry is an actor, writer, director, teacher and producer in the Twin Cities. He was a co-founder of the Center for Independent Artists and an Associate Artistic Director at Theater Mu. As an actor he has performed at the Guthrie, the Children’s Theater Company, and Mixed Blood Theater. He has collaborated as an actor, writer and director with Ragamala Dance. Zaraawar has written and performed in several one man plays, and mentored over a dozen actors, musicians and puppeteers in developing and producing their solo works. Zaraawar has an MFA in Theatre from UC, San Diego and a BA from Bennington College in Vermont. He has received numerous grants in support of his work, from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Playwright’s Center among others. He has taught theater classes in the Twin Cities, and has been the Interim Program Director for the City Arts program at H.E.C.U.A. He was also an Adjunct Professor at Hamline University in 2007, and was a Mentoring Artist for the COMPAS ArtsWork program from 20102014. Zaraawar is a theater consultant and works as the Program Specialist for Springboard for the Arts.
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JxJ: DC Jewish Film + Music continues this winter with a fresh lineup, including screenings at the Cinema Arts Theatre in Fairfax, Family Klezmer Brunch Concerts, and the all new JxJ Film Club! new venue ! CINEMA ARTS THEATRE
PARIS BOUTIQUE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2:30 PM
An encore screening of this sold-out screening from the 2023 JxJ Festival.
CHILDREN UNDER 7 ATTEND FREE
KLEZMER BRUNCH: SETH KIBEL + FRIENDS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 11:30 AM
Enjoy Chanukah carols, klezmer romps, and Christmas songs penned by Jewish songwriters!
new program ! JxJ FILM CLUB
REMEMBERING GENE WILDER DECEMBER 3 + DECEMBER 14
This touching biographical documentary is a treat, with film clips spanning Wilder's career.
BRIEF TENDER LIGHT JANUARY 7 – 11, Limited Run
At America's elite MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of change for home.
CHILDREN UNDER 7 ATTEND FREE
SAVE THE DATE!
JxJ FESTIVAL MAY 9-19, 2024
KLEZMER BRUNCH: SETH KIBEL + NICK MAY SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 11:30 AM
We are proud to be showcasing the brightest and best Jewish talent from around the world here in the nation’s capital.
Making his JxJ debut, Nick May is a singer/ songwriter, educator, song leader, and inclusion activist based in Fairfax, Virginia.
See the full lineup and buy tickets at JxJDC.org
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A B OU T T H E A RT I ST S Nephelie Andonyadis+ (Scenic Designer, See You Tomorrow, Moses, How to Be a Korean Woman) Credits in the DMV include Fires in the Mirror, Compulsion…, Occupant, (Theater J); Topdog/Underdog (Helen Hayes Award, WSC Avant Bard); The Children (Studio); Incognito, (Constellation); Pligrims Musa and Sheri… (Mosaic). Regional credits include Wicoun, (Cornerstone Theater Company with the Oceti Sakowin), The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe, (Mixed Blood); The Rivers Don’t Know, (City Theater); Seize the King (Alliance); As You Like It, The Odyssey, (Seattle Public Works); The Tempest (Pittsburgh Public). Also with Cornerstone, where she is an ensemble member: A Jordan Downs Illumination, Magic Fruit, Jason in Eureka, Los Illegals, Café Vida and others. Scenic and/or costume designs include 17 seasons at South Coast Repertory, and designs at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playmakers Repertory, Center Theatre Group. MFA, Yale School of Drama. MS, in Aging and Health, Georgetown University. Johnna Presby (Costume Designer, Moses) is so excited to make her designing debut at Theater J with Moses! A newcomer to the DC area, she is a Kenan Design Fellow at the Kennedy Center and is gracious to have been welcomed into the DMV theatre scene. Recent credits include Ride the Cyclone (NextStop Theatre Company), La Salpêtrière (Taffety Punk Theatre Company), The 39 Steps (NextStop Theatre Company), Sweat (Keegan Theatre), Monsters of the American Cinema (Prologue Theatre), Billy Elliot: The Musical (Hangar Theatre), Nate the Great (Imagination Stage), Sweat (Santa Fe Playhouse), The Wilting Point (Keegan Theatre), Sunday at Sodom/A Parsifal (Hangar Theatre), Down in the Face of God (UNC School of the Arts) and Heathers: The Musical (UNC School of the Arts). Johnna graduated from UNC School of the Arts with a BFA in Costume Design. Instagram: @johnna.presby.design Much love to her friends, family, and this lovely cast and crew! Jesse W. Belsky+ (Lighting Designer, See You Tomorrow, Moses, How to Be a Korean Woman) is delighted to be back at Theater J after designing One Jewish Boy, Compulsion, Occupant, Actually, Talley’s Folley and Everything Is Illuminated. Other recent DC designs include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Ford’s Theater, The Year of Magical Thinking and JQA at Arena Stage, Sweeney Todd & The Mystery of Love & Sex at Signature, Henry 4 P1 and A Winter’s Tale at Folger, The Music Man at OTC, John Proctor Is The Villain at Studio Theatre and Oslo at Round House. Regional credits include work at Actor’s Theater Louisville, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, Triad Stage and Playmakers Repertory Theater. Mr. Belsky holds a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and has taught lighting design at Connecticut College and UNC Greensboro. Member, USA 829 www. jessebelsky.com. Tosin Olufolabi (Sound Designer, Moses) (she/her) is excited to return to Theater J after designing Fires in the Mirror. DC/MD: Gloria: A Life (2018 Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for a Hayes Production); There’s Always the Hudson and Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Ain’t No Mo (Woolly Mammoth/Baltimore Center Stage); Life is a Dream (Baltimore Center Stage); Crying on Television, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes 16
A B OU T T H E A RT I ST S Mystery, The Sound Inside, The Chinese Lady (Everyman Theater); it's not a trip it's a journey, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Round House Theatre); The Thanksgiving Play (Olney Theatre Center); A Wind in the Door (Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences); Lovers’ Vows (We Happy Few); Head Over Heels (Monumental Theater); Lela & Co. (Factory 449). NYC: Bite Me (WP Theater). Kelly Colburn+ (Projection Designer, Moses) Recent DC: My Mama and The Full Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co); Passing Strange (Signature); Look Both Ways (Kennedy Center); Fela! (Roundhouse/Olney Theatre Center); La Casa en la Laguna (Gala Hispanic), Dear Mapel (Mosaic). OFF-BROADWAY: american (tele)visions (New York Theatre Workshop). REGIONAL: Baskerville, The Sound Inside (Everyman). Narnia the Musical (Children's Theatre of Charlotte). AWARDS: 2020 Helen Hayes Recipient - Lighting/Media Design - Blood At The Root, 2022 Helen Hayes Award Nominee, 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominee, 2022 Henry Hewes Nominee. 2018 Jim Henson Puppetry Grant, 2017 NextLOOK Resident. She is the Artistic Lead for Theatre at Flying V, the Digital Producer at Theater Alliance, and Helen Hayes recipient. EDUCATION: BFA NYU Tisch ’11 | MFA UMD ’18. Anthony O. Bullock* (Production Stage Manager, Moses) is the Resident Production Stage Manager for the 23-24 season. Theater J: The Chameleon, One Jewish Boy, Gloria: A Life, Two Jews Walk into a War…, Intimate Apparel, Nathan the Wise, Compulsion or the House Behind, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Wanderers, Sheltered, Occupant, Love Sick, The Jewish Queen Lear, and Actually. DC: Red Velvet, Our Town (Shakespeare Theatre Company); The Pajama Game (Arena Stage); SOUL: The Stax Musical, Twisted Melodies (Baltimore Center Stage); Billy Elliot (Signature Theatre); The Children, The Hard Problem, Cloud 9, Hedda Gabler, Moment, Between Riverside and Crazy, Chimerica, Jumpers for Goalposts, Laugh (Studio Theatre). NYC: The School for Lies (Classic Stage Company) and workshops with Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals. Other regional credits include Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre, TheatreSquared, among others. BFA from Oklahoma City University. Proud member of AEA. Becky Reed* (Production Stage Manager, See You Tomorrow, How to Be a Korean Woman) Becoming Doctor Ruth, Everything Is Illuminated, Cophenhagen, The History of Invulnerability, Sons of the Prophet, Life Sucks, and others (Theater J); Sanctuary City (Arena Stage); P.Nokio (Imagination Stage); The Cerulean Time Capsule, Elephant & Piggie’s We Are In A Play (Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences); Ain’t Misbehavin’, Marjorie Prime, I And You (Olney Theatre Center); Ain’t Misbehavin’, Simply Sondheim (Signature Theatre); No Sisters, The Effect, P.Y.G., Clyde’s (Studio Theatre); Stupid F***ing Bird, My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); A Skull in Connemara, The Whipping Man, American Buffalo (Baltimore Centerstage) August: Osage County, Murder On The Orient Express, The Crucible (Resident Ensemble Players). Becky has a BFA in Theater Management from Auburn University. 17
THE AT ER J L E ADE RSH I P Hayley Finn (Theater J Artistic Director) is an accomplished director and producer with over twenty-five years of experience in professional theater across all aspects of the profession, including producing, directing, casting, education, fundraising, and has been instrumental in creating national partnerships for theaters across the country. Prior to joining Theater J, she was the Associate Artistic Director at the Playwrights’ Center, where she worked with some of the nation’s leading playwrights and in her tenure produced over 1,000 workshops. She also served as a Co-Artistic Director of Red Eye Theater from 2019-2023 where she co-produced and curated the New Works 4 Weeks Festival—an annual four-week festival that commissions 11 artists each year to make new performance works—and co-led the fundraising and development of a new 150-seat black box theater in Minneapolis. She has directed nationally and internationally, including at Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, NY), Curious Theatre Company (Denver, CO), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), Ellis Island (New York), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), HERE Arts Center (New York, NY), History Theatre (St. Paul, MN), Flea Theater (New York, NY), The Kitchen (New York, NY), LAByrinth Theater Company (New York, NY), Marin Theater Company (Mill Valley, CA), New Dramatists (New York, NY), O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT), Pillsbury House (Minneapolis, MN), People’s Light (Malvern, PA), Public Theater (New York, NY), Playwrights’ Horizons (New York, NY), Red Eye Theater (Minneapolis, MN), Six Point Theater (St. Paul, MN), South Coast Repertory Theater (Costa Mesa, CA), and the Nine Gates Festival in Prague. Finn was Assistant Director on several Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. Finn is an Alumna of the Drama League Director’s Program, recipient of the Ruth Easton Fellowship, TCG Future Leader Grant, National Endowment for the Arts support, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. She received her BA and MA from Brown University. David Lloyd Olson (Theater J Managing Director) made his stage debut at age five at the Marcus JCC of Atlanta preschool and is now proud to be one of the leaders of the nation’s largest professional Jewish theater. He most recently served as managing director of Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia where he oversaw the organization’s largest ever fundraising campaign and the doubling of their annual foundation support. He was manager of the executive office and board engagement at the Shakespeare Theatre Company where he supported the transition of the theater’s artistic directorship from Michael Kahn to Simon Godwin. He has also held positions at Arena Stage, GALA Hispanic Theatre, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Pointless Theatre. He was an Allen Lee Hughes management fellow at Arena Stage, a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Valmiera, Latvia, and the recipient of two DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Felllowship program grants. He proudly serves on the board of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre (alljewishtheatre.org) and the board of Adas Israel Congregation. 18
PRO DU C T ION , E DC JCC , & T H E AT E R J STAFF HERE I AM SERIES STAFF Head Electrician: Garth Dolan Load in Crew: Danny Debner, Rebecca Funderburk, Tad Howley, Justin Metcalf-Burton, Andrew Reilly, Lucien Reubens, Johnny Dahm Robertson Special Thanks to Bella Rosenberg and the University of Maryland. EDLAVITCH DCJCC LEADERSHIP
Edlavitch DCJCC Chief Executive Officer: Jennifer Zwilling Chief Financial Officer: Craig Mintz Chief Operating Officer: Bini W. Silver Senior Director of Institutional Advancement: Emily Jillson THEATER J STAFF
Artistic Director: Hayley Finn Managing Director: David Lloyd Olson Producing Director: Kevin Place Associate Artistic Director: Johanna Gruenhut External Affairs Director of Patron Experience: Jasmine Jones EDCJCC Arts Marketing Coordinator: Lena Barkin EDCJCC Arts Outreach Coordinator: Jacob Ettkin EDCJCC Creative Director: Molly Winston House Managers and Ticket Office Associates: Mitchell Adams, Steven Chazanow, Emily Eason, Cristen Fletcher, Asher Herman, Lauren McNeal, Regev Ortal, Robert Reeg, Hadiya Rice, Kaneeka Rice, Sam Rollin, and Mary-Margaret Walsh. Production Director of Stage Operations: Danny Debner Technical Director: Tom Howley Resident Production Stage Manager: Anthony O. Bullock Head Electrician: Garth Dolan Resident Casting Director: Jenna Place Resident Props Designer: Pamela Weiner Education & New Play Development Education Programs Manager: Hester Kamin Expanding the Canon Rosh Beit: Sabrina Sojourner Expanding the Canon Commissioned Writers: Harley Elias, Zachariah Ezer, Caroliva Herron, Jesse Jae Hoon, MJ Kang, Thaddeus McCants, and Kendell Pinkey. Yiddish Theater Lab Commissioned Writers: Lila Rose Kaplan, Caraid O’Brien, and Aaron Posner Teaching Artists: Nayna Agrawal, Dr. Debra Caplan, Rick Foucheux, Naomi Jacobson, James J. Johnson, Caraid O'Brien, Aaron Posner, Lynette Rathnam, Sharyn Rothstein, Howard Shalwitz, Bobby Smith, Holly Twyford, Erin Weaver
Founding Artistic Director: Martin Blank
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2023–2024 T H E AT E R J CO UN C I L Mara Bralove, Chair Mindy Gasthalter Ann Gilbert Cheryl Gorelick Rae Grad Patti Herman Daniel Kaplan Arlene Klepper Kenneth Krupsky Stephen Lachter
Karen Lehmann-Eisner Ellen Malasky Meredith Margolis Howard Menaker Alfred Munzer Sherry Nevins Patricia Payne Saul Pilchen Bella Rosenberg
T HEATE R J H ONOR A RY CO U N C I L Patty Abramson* Paul J. Mason Michele G. Berman Hank Schlosberg* Marion Ein Lewin Trish Vradenburg*
Evelyn Sandground Mita M. Schaffer Robert Schlossberg Terry Singer Stuart Sotsky Patti Sowalsky Manny Strauss Bob Tracy Kathryn Veal Joan S. Wessel Irene Wurtzel
EDLAVI TC H D C JCC 2023– 2024 B OA R D O F D I REC TORS OF FICE R S Daniel Hirsch, President Johanna Chanin, Senior Vice President Meredith Margolis, Vice President Norm J. Rich, Vice President BOARD M E M B E R S Janet B. Abrams Andrew Altman Joan Berman Michele G. Berman Jordan Lloyd Bookey Jennifer Bradley Jaclyn Lerner Cohen Sara Cohen Eva Davis Jonathan Edelman Myrna Fawcett Meg Flax Brian Gelfand
Janis Schiff, Vice President Jonathan Grossman, Treasurer David Goldblatt, Assistant Treasurer Benjamin D. Loewy, Secretary
Dina Gold Debra Goldberg Rena Gordon Brad Lackey Meredith Margolis Joshua Maxey Sid Moskowitz Alfred Munzer Alyson Myers Melanie Franco Nussdorf Amie Perl Arnold Polinger Shannon Powers
Ilene Rosenthal Michael Salzberg Rhea Schwartz Michael Singer Tina Small Mimi Tygier Diane Abelman Wattenberg Jessika Wellisch Eric Zelenko Jennifer Zwilling, Chief Executive Officer, Ex Officio
William Kreisberg Saul Pilchen Deborah Ratner Salzberg John R. Risher, Jr.* Lynn Skolnick Sachs
Mindy Strelitz Francine Zorn Trachtenberg Robert Tracy Ellen G. Witman
FO UN DI NG DI R E C TO R Ginny Edlavitch DIREC TOR S E M E R I T I Stephen Altman Rose H. Cohen Jill Granader Martha Winter Gross Stephen Kelin
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H O N O R A RY D IREC TOR Barbara Abramowitz *of blessed memory
Theater J, as part of the Edlavitch DCJCC, embraces inclusion in all of its programs and activities. Theater J strives to make our productions accessible to all by providing the following to meet the needs of our patrons, and to enhance their experience at the theater. For more information, please contact our Director of Patron Experience at 202.777.3268 or contact our ticket office at theaterj@theaterj.org. ACCE SSI B LE S E AT I N G The Edlavitch DCJCC has ramp access from the Q Street entrance and all our restrooms are ADA accessible. In the Goldman Theater, removable seats provide patrons with the opportunity to be seated with their companions while sitting in their wheelchair. ASSI ST I V E LI ST E N I N G Assistive listening devices are free-of-charge and offered on a first-come, firstserved basis at all performances.
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OPE N CAPT I O N I N G Open Captioning is offered twice for each Theater J production. L ARG E PR I NT P RO G R A M S Large print programs are available at our Ticket Office, located on the first floor.
Theater J respects and welcomes gender diversity. Please use the restroom which makes you most comfortable or most closely fits your gender identity or expression. An all-gender restroom is located on the Lower Level. AN TI-DI SCR I M I NAT I O N Theater J and the Edlavitch DCJCC commit to being an inclusive, safe, and welcoming space for all. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations from either patrons or staff. Please visit our website at theaterj.org to learn more about our policies and procedures LAND ACK NOW LE DG E M E N T Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are. PHOTOS : • Page 2: Cast of Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephriam Lessing. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Eric Da Costa and Shaina Silver-Baird in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Danny Gavigan and Alanna Saunders in One Jewish Boy by Stephen Laughton. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. • Page 3: Hayley Finn and David Lloyd Olson. Photo by Aryeh Schwartz • Page 5: Dina Thomas and Nancy Robinette in The Chameleon by Jenny Rachel Weiner. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Mani Yangilmau, Sydney Lo, Debora Crabbe, Susan Lynskey, Erin Weaver, Sherri L. Edelen, and Awa Sal Secka in Gloria: A Life by Emily Mann. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Renee Elizabeth Wilson and Awa Sal Secka in Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Sasha Olinick and Bobby Smith in Two Jews Walk Into a War...by Seth Rozin. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography.
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D E E P E N YOU R I M PAC T Theater J is dedicated to producing work that illuminates ethical questions of our time, examines the changing landscape of Jewish identities, and celebrates inter-cultural experiences. It is because of you, our community, our audience, our supporters, that Theater J has grown to be “the nation’s most prominent Jewish theater” (American Theatre Magazine). Less than half of Theater J’s budget comes from ticket revenue. We are reliant on generous gifts from audience members like you, who see the value of having a thriving Jewish cultural center in the heart of the city. We invite you to join your friends and neighbors in supporting our work. With your gift, you’ll be recognizing the vital role Theater J plays in our community–a place where the stories of immigrants are proudly told, where we ask that theater engage both the head and the heart, and where we produce art that reminds you of who you are. WAYS TO GIVE
Theater J accepts contributions by mail, phone, online, or through stock donation. Checks can be made payable to Theater J and mailed to 1529 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. For more information or to make a donation visit theaterj.org/donate or contact david@theaterj.org or call 202.777.3229.
COM MU NI TY ACCESS T ICKETS In order to ensure our work is accessible to people of all socio-economic backgrounds, Theater J has launched the Community Access Ticket program. This allows DC, Maryland, and Virginia EBT cardholders to purchase tickets to any* performance for $5 per person! H OW IT WOR KS:
Bring a valid DC Capital Access card, Maryland Independence Card, or Virginia EBT card with a photo ID to the ticket office to purchase tickets. Reservations can be made in advance by calling the ticket office at 202.777.3210 or emailing a photo of the EBT card and photo ID to theaterj@theaterj.org with subject line “Community Access Tickets” to have your theaterj.org account setup to purchase Community Access Tickets online. EBT funds cannot be used as payment. *Tickets are subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other offer. Valid only on Theater J-produced productions. A maximum of 4 tickets can be purchased per card per performance. 22
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PLATINUM SPONSORS ANN AND FRANK* GILBERT CHERYL GORELICK HONORARY CO-CHAIRS MARION EIN LEWIN AL MUNZER AND JOEL WIND BELLA ROSENBERG GOLD SPONSORS SARA CORMENY AND PETE MILLER MICHELLE AND JONATHAN GROSSMAN 24
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HONORARY COMMITTEE MICHELE AND ALAN BERMAN MARA BRALOVE AND ARI FISHER JOHANNA CHANIN AND RANDALL LEVITT DANIEL HIRSCH AND BRENDA GRUSS ARLENE AND MARTY KLEPPER HERB AND DIANNE LERNER PAUL AND ZENA MASON HOWARD MENAKER AND PATRICK GOSSETT SHERRY NEVINS LES SILVERMAN
*of blessed memory
FR I E N DS O F T H E AT E R J
Theater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have supported Theater J since November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. Leading Producer ($100,000+) DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Cathy S. Bernard The Covenant Foundation Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg Sari R. Hornstein
The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Patricia Payne
Revada Foundation of the Logan Family Shapiro Family Foundation Share Fund The Shubert Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Patti and Mitchell Herman
Dianne and Herb Lerner Nussdorf Family Foundation Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan
Helene and Robert Schlossberg
Anonymous James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer Marion Ein Lewin
The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation M. Craig Pascal Diane and Arnold Polinger Bella Rosenberg¶
Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Hank Schlosberg* The George Wasserman Family Foundation
Susan and Dixon Butler Myrna Fawcett Meg and John Hauge Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss
Arlene and Martin Klepper Karen E. Lehmann Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett¶ Sherry Nevins
April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray Richard Solloway Judy and Leo Zickler
Anonymous James Beller and Christopher Wolf Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Bunny Dwin Lois and Michael Fingerhut Mindy Gasthalter¶
Ann Gilbert¶ Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Sandra and Stephen Lachter Ellen and Gary Malasky Paul and Zena Mason
Carl and Undine Nash Nancy and Saul Pilchen Ilene and Steven Rosenthal Les Silverman Dr. Stuart Sotsky Morgan Stanley
Anonymous Michele and Allan Berman Lisa and Josh Bernstein Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt Debra Lerner Cohen and Edward Cohen Marcy and Neil Cohen Nancy and Marc Duber Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch
Suzanne and Enrique Fefer Linda Goldsmith and Howard Berger Gail Ginsberg Dina Gold Michael R. Klein and Joan Fabry Arleen Enid Lustig Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather Mary Lynne Martin Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes
Donald and Lynne Myers Joan and Barry Rosenthal Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein Deborah and Michael Salzberg Alfred Sanders Lewis Schrager and Frances Marshall Ann Schwartz Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt
Marian and James Brodsky Sharon Dubrow Michelle and Glenn Engelmann Lois Fields Wendy Friedlander
Helaine Harris and Jody M. Tavss Lucia and Frederic Hill Kenneth and Audrey Kramer Jean and Michael Kaliner Donald and Lynne Myers
Vicki Robinson June and Marvin Rogul David Rutenberg Janet and Robert Wittes
Sponsoring Producer ($25,000–$99,999)
Supporting Producer ($18,000–$24,999)
Leading Angels ($10,000–$17,999)
Sponsoring Angels ($6,000–$9,999)
Supporting Angels ($3,000–$5,999)
Enthusiasts ($1,000–$2,999)
Admirers ($500–$999)
¶ Denotes a member of the EDCJCC’s Community Pillars program. These supporters have committed to leaving a lasting legacy by including Theater J in their estate planning.
*of blessed memory
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EDLAV I TC H D C J CC DO N O RS The Edlavitch DCJCC wishes to thank the following donors who enable us to serve the community. This list includes all fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) donors who made commitments or donations of $1,000 or more. This list is current as of November 1, 2023. The Edlavitch DCJCC would like to thank all of our donors for the important impact they have on our work. $100,000+
Anonymous Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation¶ Bruce A. Cohen* DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation¶ Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss¶ Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation¶ National Endowment for the Arts Washington Area Community Investment Funds
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation¶ Covenant Foundation DC Department of Homeland Security Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch¶ Federal Emergency Management Agency
Sari R. Hornstein¶ Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation Low Income Investment Fund Nussdorf Family Foundation¶
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation Revada Foundation of the Logan Family Share Fund The Shubert Foundation
Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation Rena and Michael Gordon¶ The Kay Family Foundation¶ The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Amy and Alan Meltzer¶ Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Patricia Payne
Diane and Arnold Polinger¶ Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Ilene and Steven Rosenthal¶ Martha and Philip Sagon Family Foundation Deborah and Michael Salzberg¶ Shapiro Family Foundation
Emanuel & Riane Gruss Charitable Foundation Patti and Mitchell Herman Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Dianne and Herb Lerner Sid and Linda Moskowitz¶ Saul and Nancy Pilchen¶ Bella Rosenberg
Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Helene and Robert Schlossberg The Schoenbaum Family Foundation, Inc. Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff¶ The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation¶ The George Wasserman Family Foundation
Karen E. Lehmann Thelma Lenkin The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer Marion Ein Lewin Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett¶ The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation
Norman Pozez and Melinda Bieber¶ Janis and Philip Schiff¶ Hank Schlosberg* Richard Solloway Patti and Jerry Sowalsky Matthew Watson
Bunny Dwin Jonathan Edelman Embassy of Canada Meg and Samuel Flax¶ Jay Freedman Mindy Gasthalter Edith Gelfand, Jenny and Brian Gelfand¶ Ann Gilbert Marilyn and Michael Glosserman Community Fund¶ GMP LLP¶ Dina Gold Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman¶ Michelle and Jonathan Grossman Harman Family Foundation¶ Meg and John Hauge
Kay Klass and Mark Levitt¶ Arlene and Martin Klepper William Kreisberg¶ Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin Sandra and Stephen Lachter Chani and Steven Laufer Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin¶ Ellen and Gary Malasky Marshfield Associates¶ Paul and Zena Mason Dan Mendelson and Jennifer Loew Mendelson Jeff Menick Sherry Nevins M. Craig Pascal Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund Joan and Barry Rosenthal
$50,000 - $99,999
$25,000 - $49,999
Cathy S. Bernard Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt¶ Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation¶ DC Government The Dweck Family¶ Lois and Richard England Family Foundation $15,000 - $24,999
Dan Adler and Will Smith¶ Michele and Allan Berman Lisa and Josh Bernstein¶ Bookey Family Foundation James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler¶ Susan Sachs Goldman¶ Cheryl Gorelick Jill and Robert Granader¶ $10,000 - $14,999
Ronald and Anne Abramson Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund CIBC Private Wealth Management¶ Stuart Eizenstat Myrna Fawcett Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy¶ $5,000 - $9,999
Babs and Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz¶ Janet B. Abrams Monica and Gavin Abrams¶ Joan and Alan Berman¶ Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd Susan and Dixon Butler Central Maryland Complex Morgan Stanley Abby and Andrew Cherner¶ Rose and Robert Cohen¶ Drs. Paul and Sara Cohen, Isabelle Lass and Brooke Miller¶ Marcy and Neil Cohen, Ryna Cohen¶ Cozen O'Connor¶ Eva Davis and Justin Kramer¶ Scott Eric Dreyer and Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer 26
April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray Lynn and John Sachs Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin Les Silverman Tina and Albert Small, Jr. Charles E. Smith Family Foundation David Bruce Smith $2,500 - $4,999
Stephen and Amy Altman James Beller and Christopher Wolf Lynn and Wolf Blitzer Deborah and Charles Both Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Nancy Taylor Bubes and Alan Bubes Susan Cohn Dave Connick Cornerstone Research, Inc. Embassy of Israel Barry P. Gossett Leslie and Samuel Kaplan Aviva Kempner Tamara Korolnek The Kresge Foundation $1,000 - $2,499
Adas Israel Congregation Dianne Adelberg Eric Adler Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated Endowment Fund Andrew Altman Anonymous John Ashley Alison Baraf and Aryeh Portnoy Cheryl and Herbert Baraf Joy and Leonard Baxt Dottie Bennett Elaine and Richard Binder Paul Blank Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Ito Briones and Warren Coates Patricia Bryant Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith Chevy Chase Trust Investment Advisors Nadine Cohodas Toby Dershowitz Sonnie and William Dockser Jessica Dodson and Jeremy Levine Leif Dormsjo Ilana Marcus Drimmer Nancy and Marc Duber Shelley and Adam Ducker John Edelmann Margery and Mel Elfin Michelle and Glenn Engelmann Suzanne and Enrique Fefer Lois and Michael Fingerhut David and Patricia Fisher
Dr. Stuart Sotsky Manny Strauss and Betsy Karmin Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt¶ The Tides Center Jews of Color Initiative Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg¶ Mimi Tygier and Robert Rubin
Dr. Kathryn Veal Diane Abelman Wattenberg Eric Zelenko¶ Judy and Leo Zickler Eric and Kathryn Zimmerman
Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Brad and Ali Lackey Louis Levitt, MD and Joan Bialek Saskia and Benjamin D. Loewy Johannah and Jeremiah Lowin Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather Philip Margolius Carol Mates and Mark Kahan Rona and Allan Mendelsohn Sara Cormeny and Peter Miller Alyson Myers Carl and Undine Nash Shannon and William Powers Renay and Bill Regardie
Henry and Anne Reich Family Foundation - Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein Carol Risher Peggy and David Shiffrin Michael Singer and James Smith The Sosland Foundation United Bank Heidi Wachs Helene Weisz and Richard Lieberman Joan S. Wessel Carolyn and William Wolfe Rebecca Wolozin and Louis Beckman World Bank Group Yiddish of Greater Washington
Samantha Galardi Tova Geller Morgan and Josh Genderson Catherine and Micah Gibson Cathy and Michael Gildenhorn Gail Ginsberg Rhoda and Daniel Glickman Linda Goldsmith and Howard Berger Audrey Goldstein Kenneth and Mary Gossett Lois and Hadar Granader Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag Judith Herr and Robert Samuelson Cragg Hines Margaret Hoeger Sandra Hoexter Holland & Knight LLP Mariana Levinas Huberman Rob Kallman The S. Kann Sons Company Foundation, Inc Sid Kaplan Irene and Lou Katz Michael R. Klein and Joan Fabry Stacey Kluck The EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Edward Lenkin and Roselin Atzwanger Janet Leno and Peter Harrold Kimberly and Bruce Levin Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein Arleen Enid Lustig Samy Mahfar Mary Lynne Martin
Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes Mary Stuart McCamy Cathy and Scot McCulloch The Frank H Menaker Jr Family Michael B. Menaker and Mary Mulcahey Morgan Stanley Foundation Donald and Lynne Myers Joan Nathan Gayle and Steven Neufeld Ruth and Stephen Pollak Alan Roth and Michael Rodgers Alfred Sanders David Schectman David Schnitzer and Claire Bergeron Lewis Schrager and Frances Marshall Ann Schwartz Barbara Silverstein and Alan Kirschenbaum Susan Rubin Suleiman Allison and Daniel Turner Les and Lori Ulanow United Way of the National Capital Area Lise Van Susteren and Jonathan Kempner Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen Jessika and David Wellisch Janice White Janet and Robert Wittes Anita Wolke and Ken Brooks *of blessed memory
All of the programs at the Edlavitch DCJCC are supported in part by a generous gift from the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. ◊ These Community Champions have supported the Edlavitch DCJCC's FY23 Annual Fund with generous contributions of $5,000 or more. With their support, the Center’s unique programs continue to grow and remain accessible to everyone in our vibrant community.
¶ Denotes a member of the EDCJCC’s Community Pillars program. These supporters have committed to leaving a lasting legacy by including the EDCJCC in their estate planning.
With the support of our community of donors, the Edlavitch DCJCC remains the premier address in our nation’s capital for an expanding, diverse, and vibrant urban Jewish community. 27 Consider a tax-deductible contribution to the EDCJCC today. Visit edcjcc.org/support.
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