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A young woman defies convention and the laws of her people to fulfill her dream. Disguised as a young man, she becomes a brilliant student — and the most wanted bachelor in town. Yentl is a startlingly modern love story, and a smart, witty comedy that will win your heart.
Rebecca Gibel as Yentl in the Cleveland Play House production of Yentl in the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square, January 10 - February 2. Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni.
(Rabbi/ensemble) appeared on Broadway inPippin. Regional theatre credits include Beck Center for the Arts, Cain Park, Fine Arts Association, Fairmount Center for the Arts, TrueNorth Cultural Arts and, in April, he will appear in Great Lakes Theater’s As You Like It. Abelman was recently granted a National Endowment for more
(Hadass/ensemble) Therese appeared at Cleveland Play House as Hadass in Yentl and Sally in the world premiere production of Eric Coble’s A Carol for Cleveland. She also performed in CPH’s Roe Green Award-winning reading of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Daphne’s Dive. For the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, she appeared in more
(Rivka/ensemble) has appeared off-Broadway and in New York City at HB Playwrights Foundation, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, CAP21, New York International Fringe Festival, Equity Library Theater, 78th Street Theatre Lab and, recently, in the world premiere of L'Chayim at Theatre for the New City, among others. Black’s regional and more
(Fulcha/ensemble) recently portrayed both Antipholus twins in The Comedy of Errors and Posthumus in Cymbeline for Ohio Shakespeare Festival. His performances at Cleveland Play House include Clybourne Park, Yentl, A Carol for Cleveland, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, and The Fagin Effect (reading). He has appeared in CWRU/CPH MFA more
(Reb Todrus/ ensemble) was most recently seen in New York City playing Mikeen Flynn in Irish Repertory Theatre’s Donnybrook and as Da in the Tony Award-winning musical Once. Off-Broadway highlights include performances as The Little Man in Ionescopade, Johnny in The Portable Pioneer & Prairie Show, Jud in Cotton more
(Schmuel/ensemble) Drew recently appeared in Cleveland Play House’s Production of Yentl as Zelig , and the CPH/CWRU Acting Program productions of Twelfth Night as Duke Orsino; Identity Theft as a member of the ensemble; The Misanthrope as Acaste and Dubois; and In Arabia We’d All Be Kings as Charlie, more
(Lemmel/ensemble) recently appeared in Cleveland Play House’s production of Yentl as well as the New Ground Theatre Festival’s Becoming Liv Ullmann. His CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program credits include Twelfth Night as Malvolio, Identity Theft, The Misanthrope as Oronte, In Arabia We’d All Be Kingsas Sammy and Vic, Present Laughter more
(Yentl/ensemble) was recently seen as Brooke Ashton in Noises Off at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Regional credits include Gypsy, Hangar Theatre; Camelot, Social Creatures (world premiere), Boeing Boeing and The Importance of Being Earnest, Trinity Repertory Company; Hairspray, Theatre by the Sea; Crazy for You, Life is a Dream more
(Reb Alter/ensemble) trained with Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen and William Esper. His Broadway credits include playing Groucho in A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (debut), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Neilman Award), Ain’t Broadway Grand, Threepenny Opera, Into The Light, Marilyn: An American Fable, Yiddle more
(Frumka/ensemble) appeared on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and The Rose Tattoo. Off-Broadway includesOld Jews Telling Jokes, Sarah/Sarah, Cakewalk, Death Defying Acts and Waiting for the Parade. Grodner toured internationally with Phantom of the Opera. Regional credits include Emma at The Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse and The Repertory Theatre more
(Pesha/ensemble) has performed at Cleveland Play House in Yentl (Pesha), in a staged reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8, readings of Informed Consent and The Fagin Effect, as well as understudying and performing the role Mother in A Christmas Story. CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program credits include Twelfth Night, Identity more
(Avigdor/ensemble) is returning to Cleveland Play House after appearing in Yentl. Off-Broadway, he performed in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park in A Comedy of Errors and in the Public’s Mobile Unit production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He also co-starred in the OBIE award winning New York more
(Nechele/ensemble) Christa most recently appeared in the Cleveland Play House’s production of Yentl, shortly after taking the stage as Vanda in the understudy performance of CPH’s Venus in Fur. Other recent productions include the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program’s production of Twelfth Night (Olivia) and Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival’s Light more
(Feitl/ensemble) appeared at Cleveland Play House in Bell, Book and Candle and readings of U.S. v. Howard Mechanic, The Will to Art and Thicker than Water. Originator of the Broadway role Talk Show Host in the Sondheim/Prince musical Merrily We Roll Along, Moritz is featured on the original more
(Director) has directed at Trinity Repertory Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Boise Contemporary Theater, Creede Repertory Theatre, Swine Palace, Maples Repertory Theatre, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep and the Brown/Trinity Master of Fine Arts programs as well as workshops with The Playwrights’ Center, Magic more
(Moishe/ensemble) Regional credits: Yentl, A Carol for Cleveland, and Every Good Boy Deserves Favor at Cleveland Play House, Tartuffe at Triad Stage and The Tempest at NC Shakespeare Festival. Stephen spent the past two summers as a conservatory member at Chautauqua Theatre Company appearing in Clybourne Park, Comedy of more
(Lighting Designer) is a Brooklyn-based lighting, projection and scenic designer. Recent New York City designs include Stay and Basilica for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Phoebe in Winter for Clubbed Thumb. Other N.Y. design work includes The 52nd Street Project, Ars Nova, The Public, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Under more
(Reb Nata/ensemble) most recently directed The Liar for the MFA Program, Othello at Texas Shakespeare Festival and Ellis Island: The Dream of America for The Cleveland Orchestra and Doubt for the Beck Center. For the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, he has also directed Passage, Fifth of July, Clybourne more
(Choreographer) served as choreographer for this past season’s Cleveland Play House production of Bell, Book and Candle. Compton has lived in Cleveland as a dance-artist since 1997: dancing with four dance companies; teaching for three colleges and various community outreach projects; as well as choreographing for herself, her students, more
(Stage Manager) was Cleveland Play House's resident stage manager from 2001 to 2008 and returned to CPH in the fall of 2011. John has also stage managed at North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, The Weston Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Northern Stage, Seaside Music Theatre, more
(Original Music/Sound Design) wrote the original music for Yentl at Cleveland Play House. Her designs and music have been seen and heardat The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Women’s Project, National Gallery of Art, Soho Rep, Triad Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Trinity Repertory, LaMaMa, more
(Voice and Speech Director) is the head of Voice and Speech for Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company's Master of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing and has coached voice, dialects, and text extensively in theatre, film, and television. Theatres where he has coached include: The Public Theater, Shakespeare in more
(Costume Designer) has numerous New York City theatre credits including Primary Stages, Manhattan Class Company, Second Stage Theatre, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, The Play Company, Playwrights Horizons, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Her regional credits include work with the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, more
(Playwright) made her Broadway debut in 1975 with Yentl in a production that starred Tovah Feldshuh. Yentl returned to New York for a successful run at The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene in 2003, and in 2012 Florida’s Asolo Repertory Theatre mounted a fresh production of Yentlwith an more
(Playwright) is among the most important writers of the Twentieth Century and was winner of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for literature. His stories speak to Jew and non-Jew alike. Even today, readers find his writing powerful and provocative, filled with ideas and passions that resonate as freshly as more
(Scenic Designer) has extensive New York City design credits, including Spirit Control for Manhattan Theatre Club; Don’t Go Gentle and A Very Common Procedure, MCC Theater; Pen, Playwrights Horizons; Graceland andWhen I come to Die, Lincoln Center’s LCT3; Year Zero, Second Stage Uptown;Hoodoo Love, Cherry Lane Theatre; and projects more
(Fight Choreographer) returned to Cleveland in 1999 to serve as the Chairman of the Department of Theater at Case Western Reserve University and serves as the Director of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting program. He has been the Resident Fight Choreographer with CPH since 1999. He has directed over 60 more
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