Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context

Jewish theater practitioners, playwrights, critics, financiers and audiences have played an enormous role in the development of the European and American theater. Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context, a collection of essays by an international cadre of theater scholars, addresses this subject. Focusing on the role of Jews and Jewishness in the theatrical field it discusses the representation of Jews on the American, European, and South American stage, with a strong emphasis on twentieth century theater and the contemporary theatrical scene.

Edna Nahshon, Ph.D. (1988) in Performance Studies, New York University, is professor of Hebrew and Theater at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She specializes in the intersection of Jewishness and performance. Her books include Yiddish Proletarian Theatre: The Art and Politics of the Artef, 1925-1940, From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot: Israel Zangwill’s Jewish Plays, Jews and Shoes, Jewish Theatre: A Global View and the forthcoming Countering Shylock: Jewish Responses to ’the Merchant of Venice’.