Cultural Arts
For Program Info and Registration
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The New Jewish Theatre is dedicated to the exploration of universal themes and issues filtered through a lens of the Jewish experience. We use our productions to enrich lives, promote inclusivity, and build community. New Jewish Theatre’s 2023 season was honored with 24 nominations and six wins from the St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards.
New Jewish Theatre
For information or questions, contact:
Artistic Director
Rebekah Scallet
314.442.3257
rscallet@jccstl.org
We All Fall Down By Lila Rose Kaplan
Recommended 12 years+
Linda and Saul Stein still live in the Westchester home where they raised their two beautiful daughters. But when Saul unexpectedly retires, Linda summons the family to celebrate Passover for the first time in decades. Linda tends slightly toward the theatrical (okay, a lot), and their family has never been particularly religious (okay, not at all). So, their comic attempts to bring the Seder to life go from riotous to heart-wrenching. Can this family come together, or will an age-old tradition tear them apart?
SFC
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays May 30-June 16
$49 member | $ 54 general public
Red By John Logan
Recommended 16 years+
Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
SFC
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays July 25-Aug 11
$49 member | $ 54 general public
Trayf By Lindsay Joelle
Recommended 16 years+
Zalmy lives a double life. By day, he drives a Chabad “Mitzvah Tank” through 1990s New York City, performing good deeds with his best friend Shmuel. By night, he sneaks out of his orthodox community to roller-skate and listen to rock and roll. But when a curious outsider offers him unfettered access to the secular world, is it worth jeopardizing everything he’s ever known? This road-trip bromance is a funny and heartwarming ode to the turbulence of youth, the universal suspicion that we don’t quite fit in, and the faith and friends that see us through.
SFC
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays Sept 12-29
$49 member | $ 54 general public
First Date Book by Austin Winsberg
Music & Lyrics by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
Recommended 16 years+
A romantic musical comedy! When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
SFC
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays Nov 21-Dec 8
$49 member | $ 54 general public
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The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is an annual celebration of authors, books, and ideas during early November, with additional author events year-round. The range of author topics is vast: business, cooking, economics, family, fiction, history, music, religion, sports, and more.
Jewish Book Festival
For information or questions, contact:
Literary Arts Director Jessica Fischoff 314.442.3294 jfischoff@jccstl.org
