Worlds Apart : A Tale from Yener Velt

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CREATED BY:

Lost & Found Puppet Co. (Canada) and Little Wanderer Theatre Co. (UK)

CREDITS:

Co-creator / performer: Kaeridwyn Eftelya and Maggie Winston

Director / Dramaturg: Jen Quinn

Assistant puppeteer: Noah Silverstone

Musician / composer / puppeteer: Josh Middleton

Stage Manager: Molly Tackaberry

SHOW DESCRIPTION:

Presented in English with some Yiddish words and phrases

Worlds Apart: A Tale from Yener Velt is a puppet and music show that explores contemporary Jewish identity through sisterhood.

Leah and Rachel are sisters, but as they’ve grown up, they’ve drifted apart from each other and from their Jewish heritage. When their Bubbe (grandmother) dies, they come back together for a final Shabbos (Jewish Sabbath) in Bubbe’s house. However, they forgot how to do it. They stumble through half-mumbled prayers and no one brought the wine. This unusual Shabbos has unusual results: a demon is called forth, a portal appears, and through magical mishap Rachel and Leah are separated, thrown in the Overworld and the Underworld. Each sister has her own path to follow and her own demons to encounter, some more literal than others! This is certainly a Shabbos like no other – will Leah and Rachel ever see each other again?

Worlds Apart: A Tale from Yener Velt is a collaboration between artists Kaeridwyn Eftelya and Maggie Winston. With the aim to create a contemporary bobe-mayse (folktale), they raided Jewish folklore to create the fantastical mish-mash story that is also inspired by their own Jewish experiences. Jen Quinn is director/dramaturg. Noah Silverstonr joins as puppeteer and Josh Middleton collaborates as musician, composer and puppeteer.