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Coming Soon to the Sabes JCC Professional Performing Arts Season:

BILOXI BLUES by Neil Simon
Directed by Claire Avitabile
October 24 - November 8, 2009

In March 2009 we introduced you Eugene Morris Jerome in the first of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy, Brighton Beach Memoirs. Now 20-years-old, the energetic “Brooklynite” has been drafted into the army and is heading to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi. Throughout his training Eugene learns to cope with fellow soldiers of all walks of life, falls in love for the first time, loses his virginity in less than ideal circumstances, and faces anti-Semitism with brute courage—all experiences that humorously feed what he loves more than life itself: writing.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: October 24
PAY WHAT YOU CAN: October 29, November 2 and 5
Not appropriate for youth.




WISE MEN OF CHELM by Sandra Fenichel Asher
Directed by Anya Kremenetsky
November 12-15, 2009

Legend has it that when the earth was created and the time came to fill it with people, two angels were chosen to deposit wise and foolish souls evenly over the land. But one angel tripped on a mountain peak and the entire sack of foolish souls emptied out over one spot, a tiny town in Poland called Chelm. Tales of the eternally good-natured but misguided Wise Men of Chelm are said to date back to the 1500s. This script, set in the late 19th century, weaves together several favorites from Jewish folklore. But you don't have to be Jewish to put your conclusions before your facts, pin all your dreams on a feather, or recognize yourself and everyone you know in the in the antics of the Wise Men of Chelm.




PEOPLE OF THE BOOK (The Song, The Dance, and The Picture)
January 28-30, 2010

This performance features new works and familiar favorites by Twin Cities artists Judith Brin Ingber and Alex Lubet, with guest artists including Stuart Pimsler, flutist Jim Miller, and Hmong spoken word group Gobrosis (Tou Saiko Lee and Malia Lee). These artists tell stories from the Jewish experience in surprising ways, with music, dance, prose and visuals. The inspiration and backdrop for Ingber’s Stepping into Heaven come from the Kadish series by artist Georgette Sosin, whose art will simultaneously be hanging in the Tychman Shapiro Gallery.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: January 28

JACK AND ROCHELLE by Buffy Sedlecek
Directed by Todd Bruse
March 13 - 28, 2010

Based on the memoir Jack and Rochelle, A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance
In this gripping memoir play, local Holocaust survivors Jack and Rochelle Sutin share their tale of an almost impossible love affair that has lasted over sixty years, and an eloquent reminder that history is made up of the often deeply moving details of individual lives. A powerful and true story of two young Jews who escape from Nazi ghetto labor camps, join a Jewish resistance group, and eventually escape to America to build a family exemplifies the message of believing in one’s dreams, no matter how unbelievable they may seem.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: March 13
PAY WHAT YOU CAN: March 18, 22, and 25
Appropriate for ages 10+



DESERT DREAMS: NAOMI & RUTH
April 29 - May 2, 2010 - WORLD PREMIERE!

This world premiere experimental staged music work, conceived and composed by St. Paul composer/ethnomusicologist Miriam Gerberg, uses musicians and singers performing cross-cultural musical forms from around the Near East as the story of this ancient parable unfolds. Moving from musical scenes that are hypnotically mesmerizing to ones reflecting deep sadness to pieces boasting glorious energy, this compelling exploration of the Biblical story of Naomi and Ruth examines ideas core to the experience of Jews in the larger world: cross-cultural friendship and devotion, grief and loyalty, journeys towards home or towards a new land, the effects of extreme nationalism and the question of destiny.

Musicians joining Miriam Gerberg in this work include Nirmala Rajesekar, an internationally touring master performer and teacher of the South Indian Carnatic music tradition, and Marc Anderson, a well-known area performer of African, Irish and other percussion traditions.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: April 30