The Sorceress

Theatre

Name:	Edmond J. Safra Hall
Address:	36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280

Production Information

First performance date:	December 1, 2019
Opening date:
Closing date:	December 29, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

A fairytale-like story of a pure-hearted young woman who triumphs over her tormentors, a scheming stepmother, and a wicked witch. This operetta by Avram Goldfaden is one of the very earliest works of Yiddish theatre and the first to be produced in America. The fully restored orchestrations are based, in part, on pre-Holocaust musical arrangements which were saved from destruction at the hands of the Nazis by the famed “Paper Brigade” of the YIVO in Vilna, who risked their lives to save thousands of unique documents and manuscripts. This fully-staged work is the culmination of a project to restore this classic which National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) began in 2017. In Yiddish with English and Russian subtitles.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene	Producer

	Avrom Goldfaden	Author

	Motl Didner	Director
	Zalmen Mlotek	Musical Director

	Merete Muenter	Choreographer

	Jamibeth Margolis	Company Manager
	Emily Snyder	Associate Company Manager

	Eileen F. Haggerty	Production Stage Manager
	Alex Kesner	Assistant Stage Manager

	D. Zisl Slepovitch	Additional Orchestrations
	D. Zisl Slepovitch	Additional Musical Arrangements

	Jamibeth Margolis	Casting Director

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Mark Alpert	N/A
	Dani Apple	N/A
	Rachel Botchan	N/A
	Jonathan Brody	N/A
	Rebecca Brudner	N/A
	Samuel Druhora	N/A
	Jazmin Gorsline	N/A
	Peter Gosik	N/A
	Dylan Seders Hoffman	N/A
	Josh Kohane	N/A
	Sam Kronenfeld	N/A
	Riley McFarland	N/A
	Lexi Rabadi	N/A
	Bruce Rebold	N/A
	Hannah D. Scott	N/A
	Doug Shapiro	N/A
	Steve Sterner	N/A
	Mikhl Yashinsky	N/A
	Lorin Zackular	N/A