Theater J

Theater J

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Type Theatre group
Purpose Jewish Culture Theater
Location
  • 1529 16th Street NW Washington DC, 20036
Notable members
 Martin Blank, Founding Artistic Director
Website http://www.theaterj.org/

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]

Organization

Theater J is housed in the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center (DCJCC).

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. Founding Artistic Director is Martin Blank. In December, 2014, Ari Roth, Theater J's artistic director of 18 years, was fired after a series of widely publicized disagreements between Roth and his superior, the executive director of the Washington DCJCC.[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]

Notes

Theater J is a Blue Star Theatre - part of a collaboration between the Theatre Communications Group and Blue Star Families offering discounted admission to all military personnel, their families and U.S. veterans.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Theater J:General Information". Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Ari Roth, Director of Jewish Theater, Is Fired". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Graham, Trey (2005-05-15). "The Premier Theater for Premieres". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  5. ↑ Musleah, Rahel (October 2002). "The Many Stages of Jewish Life". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Blue Star Theatres". Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

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