The standup artist also happens to follow Modern Orthodox Judaism and was once a New York City attorney
Read MoreThe standup artist also happens to follow Modern Orthodox Judaism and was once a New York City attorney
Read MorePresented by VIDF with New Works and the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill premieres works by Alexis Fletcher and Fernando Hernando Magadan
Read MoreOne-woman solo show follows the creator’s own near-death experiences, from her childhood in the Bronx to travels in Israel, Asia, and South America
Read MorePerformances spanning music, theatre, comedy, dance, and family entertainment take place from March 19 to 23
Read MoreNe.Sans Opera & Dance’s About Time acknowledges relentlessness of news cycle, while Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s Fortress examines femininity and matriarchs
Read MoreStrength and vulnerability meet in new work inspired by the choreographer-dancers’ mothers and grandmothers
Read MoreGroup melds folk traditions, klezmer music, and urban energy into a unique style as it raises money for Ukraine’s humanitarian and military efforts
Read MoreMichael Wex’s uproarious show combines 1930s cabaret songs, original comedy sketches, Yiddish adaptations of international hits, and vaudeville classics
Read MoreAcclaimed multimedia storytelling performance invites locals to respond to the prompt, “Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?”
Read MoreThis year’s lineup ranges from comedy by Juno Award–winner Jacob Samuel to a dance world premiere by Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick
Read MoreThe Chutzpah! Festival and the Jewish Book Festival fall outside of new “designated priority groups” for federal and provincial funding, and are struggling to stay afloat
Read MoreAt PuSh Festival, artists play off themes of strength and fragility by using paper for aerial stunts
Read MoreThe copresentation with Chutzpah! Festival sees paper used as an aerial rope, a dance partner, and more
Read MoreChamber opera tells story of a Japanese diplomat who aids in the escape of 6,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Lithuania
Read MoreActor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary
Read MoreAppearing with the Honorable Mentshn and Socalled at the Chutzpah! Festival, clarinet virtuoso approaches his work as a “repairer of chains”
Read MoreOpening night is a special presentation of The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, and closing night features The Best of Israeli Comedy
Read MoreUnique performances range from closing night event The Best of Israeli Comedy to a blend of dance and Deaf theatre in When The Walls Come Down
Read MoreInspired by devastating forest fires, California work features a drag cellist-pianist and six dancers
Read MoreAppearing virtually live from Israel at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, the culinary artist is inspired by her feminist grandmother
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