| | LISA PEARL ROSENBAUM (playwright) is a writer and dramaturg at The Braid, the Los Angeles based theater and arts company, where she also develops and moderates programs that give voice to diverse and compelling Jewish voices. Stories from the Violins of Hope, her play about the remarkable Israeli violin maker who restored instruments that survived the Holocaust, drew from her lengthy interviews with Amnon Weinstein himself. It was shown globally, and at the United Nations. A full stage production of the play, written with Ronda Spinak, was performed in 2023 at the Bondi Beach Pavillion Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Lisa is delighted The Violin Maker, based on Stories from the Violins of Hope, is having its American premiere. | | | | RONDA SPINAK (playwright) is the Artistic Director and Founder of The Braid. She creates and produces the Salon Theatre Series, curating more than 80 original Jewish-themed programs and adapting many of the pieces performed. Salons have toured in 50 states and nearly 50 countries. She also has been instrumental in creating The Braid’s “StoryNosh” storytelling series, by and for emerging artists. Spinak has developed 6 one person shows, including Not That Jewish, that played 16 months in Los Angeles, then went to Off Broadway for nearly a year. Spinak is on the board of the Alliance for Jewish Theatres and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. | Dr. Noreen Green (Music Curation) is the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS) and a trailblazing, inspirational conductor, educator and lecturer known worldwide for her knowledge and skill in presenting music with Jewish themes. After a 21-month pandemic delay, Green conducted the LAJS in their long-awaited concert as part of the International Violins of Hope Project at The Soraya at California State University, Northridge. She was the Music Curator for the original Stories from the Violins of Hope play produced by The Braid and served as Musical Director for a three-week run of the play in Sydney, Australia. She was recently inducted into the Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry and was recognized by Musical America magazine as “the most energetic advocate for Jewish music and music-making in the Los Angeles area.” | | |
"...a sensitively written script that is evocative of the time as well as the personalities of the Weinstein family, the people who bring their violins to the workshop and the folk whose stories the violins reveal."
–Stagewhispers.com
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April 23rd - May 11th
Previews: April 23rd & April 24th
Opening Night: April 25th (Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm)
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