Theater J

Theater J

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Name Theater J
Location(s) 1529 16th Street NW Washington DC, 20036
Artistic director(s) Ari Roth
Website http://www.theaterj.org/
Genre(s) Jewish Culture Theater

Theater J is a professional theater company located in Washington, DC, founded to present works that "celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy" as a self-mission.[1]

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Organization

The company performs in the Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, part of the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts in D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood. The Artistic Director is Ari Roth.[2]

Plays

Theater J has shown premieres by Richard Greenberg (Bal Masque), Ariel Dorfman (Picasso’s Closet), Joyce Carol Oates (The Tattooed Girl) and Wendy Wasserstein (Third).[3]

Critical response

Theater J has been described by the New York Times as offering "professional polish, thoughtful dramaturgy and nervy experimentation," [4] and by Hadassah Magazine as "one of the most successful and avant-garde" of contemporary American Jewish theaters.[5] The company is also known for its record of premiering new works. The New York Times called Theater J "The Premier Theater for Premieres." [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Theater J:General Information". Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20080614205726/http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/generalinfo.html. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  2. ^ "Theater J About Us". Washington DC Jewish Community Center. http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/about-us/about-us-main-page.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
  3. ^ http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/archives//ref>History of Productions Reference: http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/archives/
  4. ^ a b Graham, Trey (2005-05-15). "The Premier Theater for Premieres". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/theater/newsandfeatures/15grah.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  5. ^ Musleah, Rahel (October 2002). "The Many Stages of Jewish Life". Hadassah Magazine. http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2002/Oct_02/Arts.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 

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