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24th Annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival

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24th Annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival

May – July 2017

San Diego REP | San Diego, CA

 

Artistic Director and Producer: Todd Salovey

Associate Producer: Ali Viterbi

Tickets available for purchase to all events in the festival here!

The 24th annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival includes a slate of twelve performance in theater, dance, music, film, and fine arts at four different San Diego and North County venues. This year’s festival features a more broad celebration of San Diego’s diverse performing arts community. Highlighting the festival will be: a sneak peek at a Hershey Felder work in progress, “The Stories of Sholem Aleichem;” a celebration of Andrew Viterbi’s  new memoir, “Andrew Viterbi: Reflections of an Educator, Researcher and Entrepreneur” (directed by Ali Viterbi); “Minor Fall, Major Lift,” a brand new evening of dance from Malashock Dance; and The 8th Annual “Woman of Valor” (co-written and directed by Ali Viterbi).

 

The Dybbuk for Hannah and Sam’s Wedding

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The Dybbuk for Hannah and Sam’s Wedding

November 23rd – December 18th, 2016

 Lyceum Space| San Diego Repertory Theatre| San Diego, CA

Written and directed by Todd Salovey; Based on the play by S. Ansky

Starring Ron Campbell; Original Music Written and Performed by Yale Strom

Assistant directed by Ali Viterbi

Hannah and Sam are getting married and you are invited! As Klezmer legend Yale Strom and friends play live original music, Uncle Jerry stands to offer a very special toast for the bride and groom. Moved by the spirit of the moment, and the spirits he has consumed, Jerry’s toast is a tour de force one man performance of the most celebrated play in Yiddish literature, S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk.

Nationally renowned master actor and clown Ron Campbell (R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE) plays all 21 characters in this “Dybbuk.” The mystical story centers on a broken vow that results in a wandering spirit taking possession of a bride on her wedding day. Boundaries between the natural and supernatural worlds dissolve in this tale of powerful young love and spiritual possession.

You will find yourself in the spell of a Yiddish classic that is a humorous and horrific folk tale of wondrous meaning.

Tickets can be purchased directly from the San Diego Repertory Theatre: The Dybbuk for Hannah and Sam’s Wedding

7th Annual Women of Valor

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Seventh Annual Women of Valor

June 8 @ 7:30pm and June 15 @ 6:45pm

Lyceum Space & Encinitas Library | San Diego REP | San Diego, CA

By Ali Viterbi and Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Rebecca Myers, and Sarah Price Keating

Directed by Todd Salovey

Produced by Ali Viterbi (Associate Producer of the 23rd Annual Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival)

A completely new version of the Festival’s yearly celebration of the lives and inspiration of five of San Diego’s most incredible Jewish women. With music, visuals, and a world premiere script, “Women of Valor” is a staged reading that will touch the heart with laughter, drama, and inspiration. This year’s women include: Rabbi Arlene Bernstein, Lucy Goldman, Lynn Schenk, Elisheva Green, Cecile Jordan, and a special tribute to Golda Meir.

Proceeds benefit Chesed Home, Friendship Circle, Torah High School and Project Sarah.

“A woman of valor, who shall find?/ She is more precious than pearls…/ Give her the fruits of her hand/ And let her be praised/ In the gates by her very own deeds” –Proverbs

Women of Valor

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Sixth Annual Women of Valor

Thursday, June 11, 2015 & Sunday, June 14, 2015

Lyceum Space & Encinitas Library | San Diego REP | San Diego, CA

By Ali Viterbi, Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Rebecca Myers, and Sarah Price Keating

Directed by Todd Salovey

A completely new version of the Festival’s yearly celebration of the lives and inspiration of five of San Diego’s most incredible Jewish women. With music, visuals, and a world premiere script, “Women of Valor” is a staged reading that will touch the heart with laughter, drama, and inspiration. This year’s women include: Helene Bortz, Pam Ferris, Helene Schlafman, Fern Siegel, Gussie Zaks, and San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman.

Proceeds benefit Chesed Home, San Diego Gift Closet, Torah High School and Project Sarah.

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Fifth Annual Women of Valor

Monday, June 16, 2014 & Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Lyceum Space | San Diego Rep | San Diego, CA

By Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Ali Viterbi, Rebecca Myers, and Sarah Price Keating
Directed by Todd Salovey

This will be the fifth anniversary celebration of San Diego’s valorous women from across the Jewish community. Each year the Festival selects new women whose unique, moving and inspirational stories are shared in a world premiere dramatic staged reading. This year’s program focuses on women of different international Jewish communities, and will feature music from across the Jewish world.

“Fifth Annual Women of Valor” is Monday, June 16, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyceum Space at San Diego REP. Tickets for the San Diego REP performance are $18 per person and can be purchased online at http://www.sdrep.org or by (619) 544-1000. Ticket proceeds benefit the three Jewish High Schools of San Diego: Torah High, SCY High and the Jewish Academy.
Or catch the free performance on Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Encinitas Library.