THEATRE DYBBUK

4A. THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: WE CONTINUED THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR OUR NEXT PRODUCTION - DRACULA (ANNOTATED) - SET TO PREMIERE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. IN THIS PIECE WE INVESTIGATE BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, WEAVING TOGETHER OUR UNIQUE BLEND OF HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION AND HEIGHTENED THEATRICALITY TO CREATE A NEW WORK FROM THE CORE OF THE NOVEL. THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF ''ANNOTATED'' PRODUCTIONS IN WHICH WE EXPLODE AND EXPLORE CLASSIC OR WELL-KNOWN AND CULTURALLY INFLUENTIAL WORKS TO DISRUPT MORE FAMILIAR OR COMFORTABLE WAYS OF ENGAGING WITH THEM. WE PRESENTED SEVEN PUBLIC THEATRICAL EVENTS: 1.) A NEW ILLUMINATED LECTURE CALLED 'HYMN OF THE MAJESTIC' WHICH FOCUSED ON JEWISH MYSTICISM, PRESENTED AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY. 2.) A REVIVAL OF AN ILLUMINATED (CONTINUED IN SCH. O) (CONTINUED) LECTURE CALLED 'THE MARVELOUS PUPPET SHOW' WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER A TALK BY UCLA PROFESSOR BARBARA FUCHS WITH PERFORMANCES BY THEATRE DYBBUK ENSEMBLE MEMBERS - AT THE NIMOY THEATRE. 3.) A REVIVAL OF 'DEMONS AND DESCENTS', AN EVENING OF JEWISH TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL FROM BABYLON TO EASTERN EUROPE, AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, READ BY ACTORS FROM THEATRE DYBBUK AND ACCOMPANIED BY AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL SCORE. THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, A VISUAL ARTIST - WORKING ALONGSIDE THE ACTORS AND MUSICIAN - CREATED NEW PAPER CUT WORKS INSPIRED BY, AND INTERSECTING WITH, THE STORIES AND SOUNDS BEING OFFERED. 4.) AN ILLUMINATED LECTURE, "IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN" WITH SCHOLAR ERITH JAFFE-BERG AT NEW SWAN SHAKESPEARE AT UC RIVERSIDE. 5.) AN IN-PROCESS READING OF DRACULA (ANNOTATED) AT THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY. 6.) AN IN-PROCESS READING OF DRACULA (ANNOTATED) AT THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER. 7.) AN ILLUMINATED LECTURE CALLED 'RADIO, PROPAGANDA, AND THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" AT THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER. APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THESE EVENTS.

THEATRE DYBBUK RESIDENCIES COMBINES ELEMENTS FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS - BRINGING TOGETHER SCHOLARSHIP AND THEATRICALITY, ARTS AND EDUCATIONAL ENGAGEMENT CONNECTED TO JEWISH HISTORY TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA. IT INCLUDES: -PRESENTATIONS OF OUR FULL-LENGTH THEATRICAL WORK, ''THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (ANNOTATED), OR IN SOOTH I KNOW NOT WHY I AM SO SAD AND A COMPANION PERFORMANCE ART PIECE, ''THE VILLAINY YOU TEACH'' -PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS TO PRESENT TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, IN WHICH THEY LEARN TECHNIQUES TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND STUDENTS AROUND THE TOPICS BROUGHT UP IN THE PERFORMANCES AND BEYOND. -CURRICULA CONNECTED TO THE PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO LEARNERS AND EDUCATORS. IN FY '25 WE (CONTINUED IN SCH. O) (CONTINUED) SPENT A WEEK EACH IN MONTREAL, QC, AND TORONTO, ON, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 450 PARTICIPANTS.