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May 10 – June
22, 2008
David: In
Shadow and Light
Nick Olcott will direct the world premiere of a musical based on the life of
the biblical King David. The music is by Daniel Hoffman with a libretto by
Yehuda Hyman.
July 2 - 27,
2008
More Voices
from a Changing Middle East
In conjunction with the Capital Fringe Festival, Theater J will present
performances by companies from the Middle East.
September 9
- 28, 2008
Without You
I'm Nothing
Comic and singer Sandra Bernhard returns to the material that was a big
success for her on stage and on record in the late 1980s with a new version
of the rock, cabaret and comedy fusion.
October 22 -
November 30, 2008
Honey Brown
Eyes
Alexander Strain appears in the world premiere of a drama by Stefanie
Zadravek set in Bosnia in 1992.
December
17, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Laughter
Through the Years
Theodore Bikel returns to Theater J to perform the world premiere of a play
with music that he has written telling the story of the author Sholom
Aleichem.
January 14 - 18,
2009
Dai (Enough)
Israeli-American comic Iris Bahr performs her look at the café scene in Tel
Aviv at a catastrophic moment.
February 4
- March 8, 2009
The Accident
Michael Tolaydo will be featured in the English language premiere of a play
by Israeli author Hillel Mitelpunkt about the impact of a fatal car accident
on the lives of two couples.
March 14 -
29, 2009
Plonter
(Tangle)
The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv returns to the Potomac Region with its
show of life in the shadow of Israel's security wall.
April 16 - 24,
2009
The Rise and Fall of
Annie Hall
Shirley Serotsky directs Alexander
Strain in the world premiere of a play by Sam Forman about a librettist
pursuing the rights to musicalize the famous Woody Allen film.
June 17 -
July 19, 2009
The Seagull on 16th
Street
John Vreeke directs Jerry Whiddon
and Alexander Strain in a unique adaptation of Chekhov by Ari Roth. |
