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Rebecca Joy Fletcher
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Rebecca Joy Fletcher is an ordained cantor, a playwright, and a scholar and performer of European cabaret between the Wars, focusing particularly on the remarkable contributions of Jewish cabaret artists in French, Yiddish, German, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, and English. KLEYNKUNST! Warsaw's Brave and Brilliant Yiddish Cabaret was originally produced by Kabarett Fête in January 2007, then in an expanded version Off-Broadway by the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene in November 2007. The New York Times describes KLEYNKUNST! as “illuminating, ultimately touching… Across an emotional spectrum from saucy irreverence, high spirits and nostalgia to the bitterest despair and back to hope... Ms. Fletcher delivers a richly rounded and eventually heartbreaking performance..."" She is also a member of the Association for Jewish Theater, the Dramatists Guild, the American Conference of Cantors and the Conservative Cantors’ Assembly. Ms. Fletcher serves as cantor of Temple Israel, in Staten Island.
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Royall Tyler TheatrePerforming the New Jew: Warsaw's Yiddish Language and Berlin's German language and Cabarets and Their Resonance for Today's Youth. |
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