Fall Salon
On November 7, 2022, The Workshop held its second Artist Salon at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. The Salon expanded the exploration around collective memory.
Whether it is through playing with the inherited material culture of the immigration experience (MOTHER/ROAD), adapting a sacred memorial Yiddish theater and Black lives (The Blewish Dybbuk Project), or lampooning the absurdities inherent to, well, all MFA programs (yes, and…), the particularity of “Jewish memory” was deeply rooted in the work of the fellows.
Nemuna Ceesay and Bill DeMeritt, Yes And…Photo by: Deneka PenistonRebecca S’manga Frank, Blewish Dybbuk ProjectPhoto by: Deneka PenistonAvi Amon, MOTHER/ROAD Photo by: Deneka PenistonSpring Salon
On March 7, The Workshop held its first Spring Salon. At the event, three of the inaugural fellows presented their work at an organizational partner’s performance space in Harlem. The fellows presented works meant to interrogate, dissect, provoke, subvert, and play with the many angles of collective memory and identity.
Musician Avi Amon performs excerpts from "Mother/Road" photo by Deneka Peniston
The audience takes in Lilach Orenstein's work photo by Deneka Peniston
Lilach Orenstein performs her new untitled experimental dance photo by Deneka Peniston
Daniel Terna does live voice over of his work "Home Movies" photo by Deneka Peniston
(r) Rebecca S'manga Frank interviews a passerby for her docudrama, "The Non-Monogoloues" photo by Kendell Pinkney
(l-r) Fellows Daniel Terna, Nemuna Ceesay, and Bill DeMeritt at The Workshop's Spring Salon photo by Deneka Peniston
A Walk on the Moon Fellows
On March 14, The Workshop officially announced its partnership with George Street Playhouse for A Walk on the Moon: A New Musical. The Workshop created a paid fellowship for 3 BIPOC creatives (2 of whom are BIPOC Jewish), offering them tailored support and advocacy as they gain professional theater industry experience.
The Workshop Fellows for "A Walk on the Moon: A New Musical" with the creative team (l-r) Clare Bierman, Gabby Pérez, Pam Gray, Sheryl Kaller, Prince Bawuah, AnnMarie Milazzo, Kendell Pinkney photo by Bruce Glikas
The Workshop Fellows for "A Walk on the Moon: A New Musical" at George Street Playhouse. (l-r) Clare Bierman, Gabby Pérez, Prince Abuwah, and Kendell Pinkney photo by Bruce Glikas