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UPCOMING ILLUMINATED LECTURES
We're excited to offer two Illuminated Lectures this spring at The Philosophical Research Society that feature stories from the Spanish Jewish diaspora.
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On April 30, 2026 at 7 PM, we're partnering with Professor Barbara Fuchs to explore a very well-known piece of Spanish Classical Literature, La Celestina, and its potential intersections with marginalized peoples of the time, especially conversos or crypto-Jews.
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On May 28, 2026 at 7 PM, we're partnering with scholar Rachel Kaufman to examine the story of Esperanza Rodríguez, daughter to a crypto-Jewish father and an enslaved West African mother, who was brought forcibly by a conversa woman from Seville to New Spain in the early 1600s.
More information on both events to come!
DRACULA (ANNOTATED) TALK WITH AARON
Want to learn more about our latest work? Join Aaron for a talk about Dracula (Annotated) with the Jewish Community Library in April! He’ll discuss the novel, the ways in which it intersects with the prejudices and issues of its day, and how theatre dybbuk brought those considerations to life. While the Library is located in the San Francisco Bay area, the talk will take place on Zoom and is presented in conjunction with the One Bay, One Book program.
Where: Virtual via Zoom
When: Sunday, April 12, 2026, 6:30-7:30 PM
Tickets: free, but registration is required
AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE
Know a Theatre
"I think that the combination of intellectual, research-based playmaking with highly stylized and precise movement is, while certainly not unheard of, not where most companies live."
– Aaron Henne
Learn more about theatre dybbuk – the company's history, influences, work, and more – in this interview with our artistic director, Aaron Henne, from December 10 in American Theatre magazine!
photo by Taso Papadakis
Dracula (Annotated)
currently touring
The year is 1897. The British Empire is in the midst of its imperialist expansion. Major technological advances are occurring, with the first wireless communication being sent across open sea. The women’s suffrage movement is growing and the “new woman” is emerging. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are making their way to England in large numbers. And Bram Stoker's novel Dracula is published; this story of a Transylvanian vampire who invades England captures the popular imagination for generations to come.
In Dracula (Annotated), theatre dybbuk excavates Bram Stoker’s famous tale, using a unique blend of historical investigation and heightened theatricality to weave together the gothic characters and plot of Dracula with references to societal forces at play in Victorian England that are still timely today.
photo by Taso Papadakis
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