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Theater J, the Glossary

Theater J is a professional theater company located in Washington, DC, founded to present works that "celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy".^[1]

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31 relations: Aaron Posner, Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Alliance for Jewish Theatre, Anna Ziegler (playwright), Ari Roth, Ariel Dorfman, Avant-garde, Boaz Ganor, Dramaturgy, Dupont Circle, Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C., Hadassah Magazine, Jacquelyn Reingold, Jewish culture, Joyce Carol Oates, Liz Lerman, Martin Blank (playwright), Motti Lerner, Richard Greenberg, Robert Brustein, Social vision, The New York Times, Theatre Communications Group, Theodore Bikel, Third (play), Thomas Keneally, United States, Washington, D.C., Wendy Wasserstein, Yehuda Hyman, 16th Street NW.
Arts organizations established in 1990
Jewish theatres
League of Washington Theatres
Members of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington

Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner is an American playwright and theatre director.

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Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros

Alexandra I. Gersten-Vassilaros (born 1960) is an American playwright and actress.

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Alliance for Jewish Theatre

The Alliance for Jewish Theatre (AJT; formerly the Association for Jewish Theatre) is a non-profit cultural and educational organization based in the United States and an alliance of theatres, performance groups, and independent theatre-makers on the creation of Jewish and Israeli theatre.

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Anna Ziegler (playwright)

Anna Ziegler is an American playwright.

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Ari Roth

Ari Roth (born January 10, 1961) is an American theatrical producer, playwright, director and educator.

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Ariel Dorfman

Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist.

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Avant-garde

In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.

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Boaz Ganor

Boaz Ganor (בועז גנור) is the former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center and the current President of Reichman University.

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Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage.

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Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle (or DuPont Circle) is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The Dupont Circle neighborhood is bounded approximately by 16th Street NW to the east, 22nd Street NW to the west, M Street NW to the south, and Florida Avenue NW to the north.

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The Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C. (formerly the Washington DCJCC) is an American Jewish Community Center located in the historic district of Dupont Circle. Theater J and Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C. are Dupont Circle.

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Hadassah Magazine

Hadassah Magazine is an American magazine published by the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America.

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Jacquelyn Reingold

Jacquelyn Reingold is an American playwright, TV writer, and teacher.

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Jewish culture

Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age.

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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer.

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Liz Lerman

Liz Lerman (born 1947 in Los Angeles, CA) is an American dance choreographer, founder of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and creator of the Critical Response Process.

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Martin Blank (playwright)

Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer.

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Motti Lerner

Motti Lerner (born September 16, 1949) is an Israeli playwright and screenwriter.

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Richard Greenberg

Richard Greenberg (born February 22, 1958) is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life.

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Robert Brustein

Robert Sanford Brustein (April 21, 1927 – October 29, 2023) was an American theatrical critic, producer, playwright, writer, and educator.

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Social vision is a sub-topic of social psychology that investigates the ways from which individuals extract information and perceive others using their vision alone.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Theatre Communications Group

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States.

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Theodore Bikel

Theodore Meir Bikel (May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist.

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Third (play)

Third is the last play written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2005.

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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wendy Wasserstein

Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright.

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Yehuda Hyman

Yehuda Hyman is an American playwright, dancer, choreographer, actor, and poet.

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16th Street NW

16th Street Northwest, briefly known as the Avenue of the Presidents, is a prominent north-south boulevard in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The street was laid out as part of the 1791 L'Enfant Plan, which served as the original blueprint for the city. Theater J and 16th Street NW are Dupont Circle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater_J

Also known as TheaterJ, Theatre J, TheatreJ.