The 100th anniversary of the Yiddish Theater in North America and the 25th anniversary of the Yiddish theater in Canada were jointly celebrated by a Gala performance May 29 of “Wandering Starf, ” a dramatization of Shalom Aleichem’s novel of the turn of the century fledgling Yiddish drama.
Dora Wasserm an, director of the Montreal Yiddish Theater since it began 25 years ago, sought to create such a theater since she emigrated from the Soviet Union 30 years ago. Until the establishment of the Montreal Yiddish Theater, all Yiddish performances had come from the United States.
Wasserman noted with satisfaction the unanimous support she said her theater is getting from Canadian and international audiences. “After a successful start in Montreal, we shall play the “Wandering Starf” in Toronto, Buffalo, Albany and possibly New York, ” she said.
“We are invited by the Consul General of Israel, Yitzhak Meir, to perform in Israel for the second time after our initial success (there) in 1979, ” she added. “We are going to produce some Canadian plays by Canadian authors in the future seasons.”
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