2023
Productions
Production Staff:
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Sobrer
Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spencer Donovan
Set Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chyna L. Mayer
Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lydia Spellman
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Hopson
Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Jesse Goryl
Props Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Rose
Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Hemgrove
Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Robson-Smith*
Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . Connor Vincek
Dialect Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nadia Barreiro, Giada Mirelli
Graphic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Goodmon
Equity Actors:
Jolene Mentink Moffatt*
Kristin Lennox*
Martha Jacobs*
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Storytelling Fundraiser (2023)
Chai 18th Anniversary Celebration
Preshow music by Svetla Vladeva
Master of Ceremonies Darrell Ann Stone
Our star-studded storytellers
(In order of appearance)
Sylvia McNair
Francesca Sobrer
Richard Fish
Gladys DeVane
Malcolm Abrams
Krista Detor
Malcolm Dalglish
Tree of Life painting by Judaic Artist Jackie Olenick
Cake baked and donated by caterer Cynthia Moriarty
MADELEINES (2023)
by Bess Welden
Directed by Francesca Sobrer
Debra, a struggling food writer, has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing mother, Rose who is a professional cookie baker. When Debra’s successful older sister Jennifer arrives for Rose’s funeral, old sibling rivalries erupt and a shocking secret is revealed.
Cast:
Martha Jacobs – double role as Rose Moritz and Lilia Kaminsky
Jolene Mentink Moffatt – Debra Moritz
Kristin Lennox – Jennifer Moritz
