Stories From the Fringe at the Museum of Tolerance
ARTIST BIOS
THE PROGRAM
Written by Rabbi Lynne A. Kern & Ronda Spinak
Directed by Eve Brandstein
Produced by Ronda Spinak, Rabbi Lynne A. Kern & Eve Brandstein
Cast:
Caroline Aaron, Shira Fox, Abby Freeman, Bari Hochwald, Laraine Newman, Robert Trebor & Kate Zentall
Co-Produced by Andrea Wagner
Production Stage Manager Hillary Kern
Associate Producer Kate Schlesinger
Casting Director Ronnie Yeskel
Stories From the Fringe: Women Rabbis, Revealed! is a commission of Jewish Women’s Theatre and was first presented in the At-Homes May Salon, 2010.
About The Show
The play is set today, and yesterday, in real time and in memory. All words have been culled from transcripts of extensive interviews from 18 Los Angeles women rabbis, and are spoken nearly verbatim.
Thank you to the eighteen Los Angeles rabbis who shared their lives with us and invited us into their hearts:
Rabbi Toba August, Rabbi Anne Brener, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe, Rabbi Denise Eger, Rabbi Karen Fox, Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Miriyam Glazer, Rabbi Rochelle Kamins, Rabbi Lynne A. Kern, Rabbi Zoe Klein, Rabbi Susan Laemmle, Rabbi Naomi Levy, Rabbi Sheryl Lewart, Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh, Rabbi Debra Ornstein, Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, and Rabbi Elianna Yolkut. We are blessed.
GALLERY

A subscriber checks in at the MoT front desk

Artistic Director Ronda Spinak greets patrons as they pass through security

Silent auction table

Silent auction table

Patrons viewing photographs in Museum of Tolerance

Performance artist Doni Silver Simons and Director Eve Brandstein

Doni Silver Simons in front of her JWT painting

Writers Ronda Spinak and Rabbi Lynne A. Kern with Director Eve Brandstein

Ronda Spinak with patron Rosanne Ziering

Rabbi Lynne A. Kern with Rabbi Borack

Audience entering the Peltz Theatre

The Peltz Theatre

Writers with Israeli Deputy Consul Gil Artzyeli and his wife

JWT Artistic Director Ronda Spinak introducing the show

Rabbi Lynne A. Kern talking

Vocalist Shira Fox sings a Niggun with actor Abby Freeman behind