WE CREATE PROVOCATIVE
NEW WORKS
THAT BLEND THEATRE
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AND MUSIC
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Demons and Descents
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7 PM
at The Philosophical Research Society
Join us for a reprise of Demons and Descents!
Spend an evening listening to Jewish tales of the supernatural from Babylon to Eastern Europe read by actors from theatre dybbuk and accompanied by an improvised musical score. Throughout the evening, a visual artist – working alongside the actors and musician – will create new paper cut works inspired by, and intersecting with, the stories and sounds being offered.
Tickets are $15 ($17.85 with processing fees).
Dracula (Annotated)
In-Process Reading
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7 PM
at The Philosophical Research Society
Join us for the first in-process reading of our latest work!
In Dracula (Annotated), we investigate Bram Stoker’s Dracula, weaving together our unique blend of historical investigation and heightened theatricality to create a new work from the core of the novel. This is the second in a series of “Annotated” productions in which we explode and explore classic or well-known and culturally influential works to disrupt more familiar or comfortable ways of engaging with them.
Tickets are $15 ($17.85 with processing fees).
In Defense of Women: An Illuminated Lecture
Women and Theater in the Age of Shakespeare
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 7 PM
An Italian theatre maker advocates for women's rights in the age of Shakespeare.
Written in Italy in the 16th century by Jewish dramatist Leone De' Sommi Portaleone, the poem "In Defense of Women" touches on the role of women in drama and reveals a great deal about the cultural considerations and power dynamics of this time when women were coming to the fore on the theatrical stages of Northern Italy, Rome, and Venice in the professional world of the commedia dell’arte. Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg guides us through the work and its relevance to both historical and contemporary issues of equity and belonging as actors from theatre dybbuk read selections from the poem and other related texts.
Ticketing details coming soon.
CURRENTLY TOURING
Coming to Canada in November, 2024
The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or
In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad
What can a play from sixteenth century England tell us about how antisemitism and other prejudicial beliefs operate in our world today? What perceived truths does a play reveal about the society in which it was created, and what ideas within that society does it reinforce?
Bringing together elements of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from the 21st century, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad takes a kaleidoscopic view of the ways in which members of a society displace their fears on the "other" during times of upheaval.
our podcast
The Dybbukast explores issues connected to identity, belonging, and power through the investigation of diasporic Jewish history. In each episode, theatre dybbuk contextualizes a creative work from around the world through interviews with artists and scholars and performed readings by actors. Listen to all four seasons here or on your favorite podcast app.
