Ready to kick off our 14th season? We sure are! JOIN US on October 10 for our special event, Welcome Back(ish) Fall Party @ 1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET Live on Zoom. On this episode, hear a brand new recording of "Belonging," a story that debuted at our 2020 fall party, written and [...]

Jewish Women's Theatre: The Podcast

Episode #60: “Belonging” – a Fall Party Preview

Frequent cast member and audience favorite Jasmine Curry shares stories from a life of adapting to unexpected turns. What was it like behind-the-scenes to pivot an in-person Salon show into the uncharted Zoom frontier? How has she made virtual improv comedy work without hearing the laughter of an audience? And at the very moment her [...]

Episode #59: “That One Was Really Personal” with Jasmine Curry

On this episode, get to know The Braid's new Communications & Marketing Manager, David Chiu! Who would have thought that on this episode, two male staff members of The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre) would be discussing Paul Greengrass films, Sigourney Weaver's Oscar nomination for Aliens, and 19th century mythical changelings in Ireland. Oh! And [...]

Episode #58: Meet David Chiu, Our New Staff Member!

In case you missed it, a free-wheeling conversation with ELLEN HARPER: singer-songwriter, folk music historian, and Jewish mom to famed recording artist Ben Harper. She'll reveal intimate insights about famed musicians like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger. In addition, she'll share her own struggles with the anti-Semitism her family faced and the racism [...]

Episode #57: Audio Replay of Ellen Harper Event

Click Here for tickets and more info The Holocaust had silenced them… until an extraordinary violin-maker brought their voices back to life, and to the world. Seven actors will bring to life the extraordinary story of violins played in ghettos, forests and concentration camps... and of the passionate Israeli violin maker determined to restore them. [...]

Episode #56: Preview – Stories from the Violins of Hope

In case you missed it, Celebrate the Festival of Lights with a Tribute to Music and Literary Legend LEONARD COHEN. In conversation with Michael Posner, author of Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years (Book #1 of Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories. A 3 volume series.) Plus an unforgettable performance of Cohen classics by Broadway star [...]

Episode #55: Audio Replay of Leonard Cohen Tribute

In case you missed it, guest lecturer Shelley Hébert will lead us in conversation as we explore concepts of forgiveness in philosophy, learn about how the Talmud addresses forgiveness, and discuss how contemporary psychology is developing approaches to help people understand and think about forgiveness in new ways. Shelley Hébert has created the “Philosophy Minyan,” [...]

Episode #56: Audio Replay of 3 Perspectives on Forgiveness

In case you missed it…celebrated comedy writers and good friends Cindy Chupack and Annabelle Gurwitch discuss how they mine humor from heartbreak and humiliation, and whether it’s possible to find laughter in the time of Covid. Moderated by Arlene Sarner, award-winning writer/producer. Click Here for a Video Replay Click Here to join us September 20 @ [...]

Episode #55: Audio Replay of The Comedy of Coping

In case you missed it...Who are the shoulders we stand on and where can we find their stories? Meet JUDITH ROSENBAUM – feminist, educator, historian, writer, activist—and CEO of the Jewish Women's Archive, the pioneering national organization that documents Jewish women’s stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change! Visit their [...]

Episode #54: Audio Replay of Jewish Women – An Archive of Our Own

In case you missed it, Mental Health experts help us find inner strength, courage and compassion as the current pandemic takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride. Our guests, psychiatrist Shelly Cohen M.D, J.D. and clinical psychologist Anita Siegman Ph. D, will help us understand and manage the responses of our bodies and minds. [...]

Episode #53: Audio Replay of Virus Tsuris with Mental Health Experts

In case you missed it, a talk with award-winning costume designer DEBRA MCGUIRE. Plus a photo fashion show of Debra’s work and audience Q & A. Click Here for Video Replay Moderated by Arlene Sarner, award-winning writer/producer. Fashion Designer and Costume Designer DEBRA MCGUIRE is best known for her 10 years on TVs FRIENDS. Scores [...]

Episode #52: Audio Replay of Dressing Hollywood! with Debra McGuire

In case you missed it, a talk and Q&A with Adam Immerwahr, Artistic Director of Theatre J, America’s premier Jewish Theater in Washington DC, and award-winning playwright Alix Sobler. Moderated by author and JWT writer Lisa Rosenbaum. The lights of Yiddish theater have dimmed, but Jewish theater is alive and well in America today. What [...]

Episode #51: Audio Replay of Fierce, Funny and Fabulously Alive

In case you missed it, a conversation with the writers of new autobiographies that reveal the struggles and triumphs of growing up Jewish and Persian—both in Iran and America. Esther Amini is a writer, painter and psychotherapist.  Her stories have appeared in Elle, Lilith, and The Jewish Week, among others.  Her funny, poignant and uplifting debut memoir Concealed, Memoir of [...]

Episode #50: Audio Replay of Double Lives, with Esther Amini and Jacqueline Saper

Part 2 of our previewing the 2nd Salon of our season, Sex, Addiction & Love in the 21st Century, which was abruptly postponed by the Coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, "The Show Must Go On!" as they say and we're bringing these dangerous, outrageous, and oftentimes tender stories of the carnal sort to you via Zoom! June [...]

Episode #49: Sex, Addiction & Love Pt. 2 – Interview with Sionne Elise

In case you missed it, JWT’s Artistic Director, Ronda Spinak, talks with our featured visual artists, Sarah Hadley and Ellen Cantor about their work and process. CLICK HERE for a video replay of the event so you can see the beautiful artwork! "Sarah Hadley exhibits images that depict intimate female joys, sorrows, dreams and desires...Ellen [...]

Episode #48: Audio Replay of Sex, Addiction & Love Art Talk

JWT presents unique staged storytelling experiences featuring poems, plays, songs and more from voices of all ages and backgrounds.

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