A Dybbuk
By Joachim Neugroschel
Translated by S. Ansky
Adapted by Tony Kushner
June 2011
Prince Music Theater
A magical staging of a Pulitzer and Academy-winner’s powerful adaptation.
Closing out EgoPo's Festival of Jewish Theater season, artistic director Lane Savadove directed Tony Kushner's poetic, earthy adaptation of arguably the most famous Jewish play ever written, A Dybbuk. This story of love, ghosts, and faith is set in a 19th century Polish village where a wedding celebration is interrupted by a supernatural presence.
Creative Team
Lane Savadove … Director
Glenn Odom … Dramaturg
Mattheus Fiuza … Set & Props Designer
Matt Sharp … Lighting & Sound Designer
Katherine Fritz … Costume Designer
Melanie Julian … Vocal Coach
Randall McCann … Technical Director
Marc Piscitello … Stage Manager
Matthew Miller … Production Manager
Alexander McCarty … Assistant Director
Cast
Robert DaPonte … Chonen
David Blatt … Azriel
Ed Swidey … Messenger
Rachel Kitson … Leah
Leah Walton … Fradde
Brian McCann … Sender
Josh Totoro … Batlon 1
Harrison Lampert … Batlon 2
Julian Cloud … Batlon 3
Peter Danzig … Batlon 4
About Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert Kushner (b. July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter.
Kushner made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. His 2003 television adaptation of the play earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie.He received the National Medal of Arts in 2013.Kushner is among the few writers in history nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.
In 2003, Kushner wrote the lyrics and book to the musical Caroline, or Change which earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The 2021 Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change earned Kushner a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
His film work with Spielberg includes Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), earning him four Academy Award nominations (one for Best Picture, two for Best Adapted Screenplay, and one for Best Original Screenplay).