JTS Spins Out the Family Holiday Production of The Magic Dreidels
ATLANTA, GA – Jewish Theatre of the South is proud to present, The Magic Dreidels, a family holiday show by Jenna Zark, (based on the book by Eric Kimmel). Directed by Barbara Cole Uterhardt, The Magic Dreidels, is the story of a boy named Jakob, a mischievous blue Goblin, a conniving trickster and some very magic dreidels! The Magic Dreidels, runs December 13 – December 24, 2006, in the Morris & Rae Frank Theatre, located at the MJCCA, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody.
Performances of The Magic Dreidels, take place: Wed 12/13, Thurs 12/14, Sat 12/16, Wed 12/20, Thurs 12/21, and Sat 12/23 at 7:30 pm; as well as Sun 12/17, Fri 12/22 and Sun 12/24 at 10:00 am, 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
Ticket prices for The Magic Dreidels, are $10 for children 12 and under; $12 for adults; and for Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) Members: $8 for children 12 and under; $10 for adults.
On the first night of Chanukah in an 18th Century Russian Jewish shtetl, young Jakob and his father Yankel, prepare for their modest dinner. Jakob longs for nothing more than a new dreidel as his Chanukah gift. But when his father gives him one, he promptly loses it at the bottom of the village well. Lucky for him, there is a goblin living in the well. And while he doesn't retrieve Jakob's original toy, he does provide him with some magical substitutes – a dreidel which spins out potato latkes and another that rains down gelt (money)! But before Jakob can get his prizes home, his busybody neighbor, Fruma Sarah, manages to pilfer them away. Can the goblin help Jakob to out-trick the trickster? Originally presented by Jewish Theatre of the South in 2002, this popular Chanukah tale will delight audiences ages 3 –103!
The Magic Dreidels cast features Jewish Theatre of the South favorites Megan Hayes (Chopped Liver in Paradise, Affluenza!) as busybody widow Fruma Sarah; Craig Waldrip (Funny Girl, Hershel & The Hanukkah Goblins) as the humorous goblin, Mr. Fixer; Larry Davis (Chopped Liver in Paradise) as stern single-father Yankel; and JTS newcomer Gil Eplan-Frankel as our young hero, Jakob.
In January, 2007, JTS will continue its mainstage season with Born Guilty and Peter And The Wolf (And Me), a probing drama and its searing sequel by Ari Roth, presented in repertory January 24 – March 4, 2007. The theater's season will conclude with the World Premiere of Hank Kimmel's Shorts, a hilarious Woody-Allen-esque evening of short plays by Atlanta playwright Hank Kimmel, running April 25 – May 20, 2007, and directed by JTS Artistic Director Mira Hirsch.
For additional information, please contact: Lora Sommer, Public Relations Coordinator at 770.395.2603, lora.sommer@atlantajcc.org; or Mira Hirsch, Artistic Director at 770.395.2613, mira.hirsch@atlantajcc.org.
For ticket information and purchase, call the JTS Box Office at 770.395.2654; e-mail at jts@atlantajcc.org; or buy tickets on-line at www.jplay.org.
