Alliance for Jewish Theatre
AJT’s 2021 Virtual Conference
was Sunday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 26
Information for AJT’s 2022 Conference will begin to come out next year. Sign-up for our email list to get all the latest details. Explore our website pages to see more information from our 2021 Conference and become an AJT Member.
AJT’s 2021 Virtual Conference featured: two hands-on workshops (playwriting with Aaron Posner and physical theatre); several panel discussions (Climate Change & Jewish Theatre, Jewish Comedy, Jewish-Latinx Storytelling with Jewtina y Co, and Jewish Theatre-Making Around The World); a session with DNAWORKS on Discovering Personal Identity; a variety of Affinity Group Meetings; formal and informal opportunities for Networking; a range of Performances; a Q&A with Leigh Silverman; and more.
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AJT’s 2021 Virtual Conference is made possible by generous support from sponsors and donors including jMUSE, The Joelson Foundation, and Diane Gilboa.
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Alliance for Jewish Theatre is a network of international Jewish theatres and theatre artists supporting each other through information-sharing, conferences, and virtual programs.
Theatre Schmooze is Alliance for Jewish Theatre’s brand new podcast where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theatre’s future. Check out our monthly one-on-one, in-depth interviews starting Thursday, March 18, 2021.
The Personal & The Universal: Episode 8 with Adam Immerwahr (dropped Sunday, October 31, 2021)
Wandering Jews: Episode 7 with Anna Ziegler (dropped Thursday, September 30, 2021)
Reimagined Rooms: Episode 6 with Alex Chester (dropped Thursday, August 19, 2021)
Forward or Falling?: Episode 5 with Rebecca Taichman (dropped Monday, June 30, 2021)
Caring & Clowning: Episode 4 with Jeremy Aluma (dropped Monday, June 30, 2021)
Intersections of Identity: Episode 3 with Yehudah Jai Husband (dropped Monday, May 31, 2021)
Radical Representation: Episode 2 with Kimberly Senior (dropped Thursday, April 15, 2021)
Making with Meaning: Episode 1 with Emily Mann (dropped Thursday, March 18, 2021)
Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Danny Debner, and Danielle Levsky. Our host is Danielle Levsky, AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and recovering theatre journalist. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.
Click here to go to our Theatre Schmooze page.
AJT’s Anti-Racism Training Sessions
“We at Alliance for Jewish Theatre stand in solidarity with those calling for justice and the end of racism in our country. We support the artists and activists, neighbors and friends raising their voices and speaking out against violence toward Black community members. We are unequivocal in our belief that Black lives and their stories matter. Let us not forget that because they are the lives and stories that built this nation. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Amaud Arbery, Oscar Grant and countless others matter. #BlackLivesMatter”
– The leadership of Alliance for Jewish Theatre
Jeremy Aluma, Executive Director
Hank Kimmel, Board President
“Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Main Photo from A Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds by S. Ansky, adapted by Tony Kushner, directed by Jeremy Aluma at Watts Theatre in Chicago, IL. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
Scenic Designer: Steven Abbott; Costume Designer: Isabel Lichtenstein; and Lighting Designer: Natalia Janusz.
(in the photo starting from the left and going to the right); Jayson Lee as CHONEN; Jeremy Deshaun Willis as HENECH; Kya Brickhouse as MESSENGER; (above) Patrick Romano as 3RD BATLON; (below) Jack Lancaster as 1ST BATLON; (to the right) Cody McGlashan as 2ND BATLON; (above holding a book) Matthew Wade as MAYER; and (far right) TJ Harris as ENSEMBLE.
