Harold Green Jewish Theatre
Template:Short description The Harold Green Jewish Theatre (HGJT) is a professional non-profit theatre company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the only non-profit Jewish theatre company in Toronto.[1][2]
Background
The theatre was founded in 2006 with a mandate to "illuminate humanity through a Jewish perspective."[3][4][5][6] The company aims to present, celebrate, and preserve stories about Jewish culture, history, and beliefs.[7] In addition to performances, the HGJT also engages in educational outreach programs.[1]
Each season, the HGJT produces 3-5 productions.[7]
Leadership
The HGJT's artistic directors are David Eisner and Avery Saltzman.[8]
The Barlin-Daniels Emerging Artists Initiative
The HGJT, in partnership with theatre company Artists in Residence, launched The Barlin-Daniels Emerging Artists Initiative in order to support and motivate new theatre artists.[9][10]
Productions
- Rose (2007/08)[11][12][13]
- The Sisters Rosensweig (2007/08)[11][12]
- Tuesdays With Morrie (2008/09)[11]
- Kindertransport (2008/09)[14]
- Zisele (2008/09)[15]
- Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears (2009/10)[16][17]
- The Soul of Gershwin (2009/10)[16][17]
- Talk (2009/10)[15]
- Lenin’s Embalmers (2010/11 season, co-production with Winnipeg Jewish Theatre)[11][18]
- Zero Hour (2010/11 season)[19][18]
- To Life (2010/11 season)[19][18]
- One of a Kind (2010/11 season)[12]
- Mamaloshen (2011/12 season)[20][21]
- The Children’s Republic (2011/12 season, co-production with Tarragon Theatre)[20][21][22]
- Circumcise Me (2011/12 season)[20][21]
- Lost In Yonkers (2011/12 season)[20][21]
- Visiting Mr. Green (2011/12 season)[20][21]
- Nazi Hunter (2012/13 season)[23]
- Over the Rainbow (2012/13 season)[23]
- The Whipping Man (2012/13 season, produced in association with Obsidian Theatre)[23][24]
- Falsettos (2012/13 season, produced in association with Acting Up Stage Company)[23][25]
- …And Stockings For the Ladies (2013/14 season)[26]
- Stars of David (2013/14 season, produced in association with Angel Walk Theatre)[26][27]
- Funny Girl (fundraiser, 2013/14 season)[26]
- New Jerusalem (2013/14 season)[26]
- There’s No Business Like Irving Berlin (2013/14 season)[26]
- An Israeli Love Story (2013/14 season, direct from Israel)[26][28]
- Joel Grey: Up Close and Personal (2014/15 season)[29]
- Bella: The Colour of Love (2014/15 season)[30]
- Therefore Choose Life (2014/15 season)[30]
- Driving Miss Daisy (2014/15 season)[30][31]
- Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz (2014/15 season, produced in association with Sara Schwartz Geller Productions)[30][32]
- Stephen Schwartz (fundraiser, 2014/15 season)[30]
- The Immigrant (2015/16 season)[12]
- The Model Apartment (2015/16 season)[12][33]
- Golda's Balcony (2015/16 season)[12][34]
- Kabaret (2015/16 season)[12]
- A Rhapsody In Gershwin (2015/16 season)[12]
- 25 Questions For A Jewish Mother (2015/16 season)[12][35]
- Rose (by Martin Sherman) (2016/17 season)[36]
- The Jazz Singer (2016/17 season, co-production with Dancap Productions)[37][38]
- Walk Me To the Corner (2016/17 season)[39]
- Freud's Last Session (2016/17 season)[40]
- A Boy Like That: An Evening of Leonard Bernstein (2016/17 season)[12]
- The Times They Are A Changin’ (2017/18 season)[41][42]
- My Name is Asher Lev (2017/18 season, co-production with Studio 180 Theatre)[41][43]
- My Son The Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy! (2017/18 season)[44]
- Mikveh (2017/18 season)[41][45]
- Two by Two (2017/18 season, co-production with Dancap Productions)[41][46]
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (fundraiser, 2017/18 season)[41]
- Bad Jews (2018/19 season)[47][48][49]
- Bar Mitzvah Boy (2018/19 season)[47]
- Becoming Dr. Ruth (2018/19 season)[47]
- Knishes ‘n Grits (2018/19 season)[47]
- The Maccabeats: A Chanukah Concert (2018/19 season)[47]
- Streisand x 9 (fundraiser, 2018/19 season)[47]
- Actually (2019/20 season, co-production with Obsidian Theatre Company)[11]
- The Pianist of Willesden Lane (2019/20 season)[50][51]
- VITALY: An Evening of Wonders (2021/22 season)[52]
- The Great Divide (2021/22 season)[53][54][55]
- Knock Knock (2023/24 season)[56][57][58]
- An Evening with Robert Klein (2023/24 season)[59][60]
- In Seven Days (2023/24 season)[61][62][63][64]
- Discovering Allan Sherman (2023/24 season)
- The Shoah Songbook (2023/24 season)[65][66][67]
- Tikkun Olam (2023/24 season)[68]
- Trayf (2024/25 season)[69][70][71]
- Cohen & King (2024/25 season)[72][73]
- The Runner (2024/25 season)[74]
- Estelle Singerman (2024/25 season)[75][76]
- Words & Music (2024/25 season)[77][78]
External links
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Notes
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- ↑ "Actors found new Toronto Jewish theatre company," by Michael Posner, Globe and Mail [1]
- ↑ "New home for Jewish theatre," by Richard Ousounian, Toronto Star, Nov 22, 2007 [2]
- ↑ "Actors found new Toronto Jewish theatre company," Adam Michael Segal, Canadian Jewish News, 13 December 2007 [3]
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