Recent Publications
Books:
Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy (University of Michigan Press, 2018)
Edited Collections:
The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World. Under contract with University of Michigan Press, forthcoming in 2021.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
"An American in Shtetl: Seeing Yiddish Europe Through Molly Picon's Eyes." Quest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, forthcoming June 2020.
"On Writing and Digital Media." Performance Research 23.4 (June 2018), 145-146
"Reassessing Obscurity: The Case for Big Data in Theatre History." Theatre Journal 68.4 (December 2016), 555-573.
"'Attention Must Be Paid': Death of a Salesman's Counter-Adapted Yiddish Homecoming." Modern Drama 58.2 (June
2015), 194-217.
"Notes from the Frontier: Digital Scholarship and the Future of Theater Studies." Theatre Journal 67.2 (May
2015), 347-359. Invited essay on the current state of digital humanities scholarship in theater studies.
"Reinkultur in Yiddish: World War I, German-Jewish Encounters, and the Founding of the Vilna Troupe." Aschkenas
24.2 (December 2014), 214-259.
"Nomadic Chutzpah: The Vilna Troupe's Transnational Yiddish Theater Paradigm, 1915-1935." Theatre Survey 55.3
(special issue on transnationalism, Sept. 2014), 296-317. PDF courtesy of Cambridge University Press and Theatre
Survey.
Book Chapters
"'The Greatest Actress of the Age:' Searching for Sonia Alomis in the Words of Others" in Women on the Yiddish Stage, Alyssa Quint and Amanda Seigel, eds. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
"Imagining a Future that Never Was: Tadeusz Kantor's Jewish-Polish Stage." The Theater of Tadeusz Kantor, Magda Romanska and Kathleen Cioffi, eds. (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
"Forgotten Playwright: Kadya Molodovsky and the Yiddish Theater." The Legacy of Yiddish Women Writers, Rosemary Horowitz, ed. (2014).
"Dramaturgy Across Language: Contextualizing a Lost World in Yiddish and English." The Routledge Companion to
Dramaturgy, Magda Romanska, ed. (London; New York: Routledge, 2014), 141-144.
Translations:
Excerpt from The Life History of Sara Adler: As Told by Sara Herself, forthcoming in Women on the Yiddish Stage, ed. Alyssa Quint and Amanda Seigel (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
“In the Kingdom of Ants and Mushrooms” by Sofia Kantor. In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times, ed. by David Stromberg. (New York: Penguin Random House, 2018), 47-54.
Public Scholarship:
“Dystopia on the Verge: Or Why a 1934 Yiddish Play about Charlie Chaplin Still Matters.” Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, April 30, 2019.
“A Yiddish Poet, a Cuban Revolutionary, and a Historical Legend Walk Into a Bar: Review of Hatuey: Memory of Fire.” Digital Yiddish Theater Project, Oct. 2, 2018.
“Interview with Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof Actress Rachel Zatcoff.” Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, July 20, 2018
"Singer the Unknown Playwright." Pakn Treger 76 (Spring 2018).
"Brothel Intrigue, with a Modern Twist: Got fun nekome at the New Yiddish Rep." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project Blog, January 7, 2017.
"Have Plays, Will Travel: Riding the Rails with Yiddish Actors." Pakn Treger 74 (Fall 2016). 13-15.
"A Love Letter to the Yiddish Stage: Peretz's At Night in the Old Marketplace, Reconsidered." Pakn Treger 72 (Fall 2015), 29-31.
"Six Degrees of Yankev Blayfer." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, December 4, 2015.
"The Triumph of Vili Loman: Death of a Salesman at the New Yiddish Rep." In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies Blog, November 15, 2015.
"Advice from Sidney Lumet's Yiddish Actor Dad." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project Blog, December 15, 2014.
"The Sun Never Sets on the Vilna Troupe." Pakn Treger, Summer 2014, 12-14.
"Target Margin's Yiddish Bender." American Theatre Magazine, March 2014, 40-43.
"Why Theater? Why Not?" Theatre Communications Group Salon, curated by Caridad Svich, July 2014.
FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Interviews and Press Coverage
Max Sparber, "The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project," October 6, 2016.
Sarah Bay-Cheng, "Member Projects: Digital Yiddish Theatre Project." American Society for Theatre Research Blog, December 16, 2016.
“New Website on Yiddish Theater” (Naye vebzayt gevidmet dem yidishn teater), Forverts, August 28, 2016.
"Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Yiddish Theatre Edition" (Seks gradn fun kevin beykon nusekh vilner trupe), Forverts, December 25, 2015.
Sarah Zarrow, “Yiddish Theater Takes the Web,” Jewniverse, January 15, 2015.
"Yidish-limudim in FAU." Forverts, December 2, 2015.
Ted Merwin, "The Lomans in Yiddish: 'Gib Achtung'," The Jewish Week, September 1, 2015.
__________, "Yiddish Theater's Latest Fusion." The Jewish Week, February 11, 2014.
Moe Yousuf, "The (*) Inn Artist Interviews: Debra Caplan." Target Margin Theatre Blog, March 11, 2013.
John Marchese, "Yiddish Learning Learning Yiddish." Pakn Treger 68 (Fall 2013), 14-20.
Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy (University of Michigan Press, 2018)
Edited Collections:
The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World. Under contract with University of Michigan Press, forthcoming in 2021.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
"An American in Shtetl: Seeing Yiddish Europe Through Molly Picon's Eyes." Quest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, forthcoming June 2020.
"On Writing and Digital Media." Performance Research 23.4 (June 2018), 145-146
"Reassessing Obscurity: The Case for Big Data in Theatre History." Theatre Journal 68.4 (December 2016), 555-573.
"'Attention Must Be Paid': Death of a Salesman's Counter-Adapted Yiddish Homecoming." Modern Drama 58.2 (June
2015), 194-217.
"Notes from the Frontier: Digital Scholarship and the Future of Theater Studies." Theatre Journal 67.2 (May
2015), 347-359. Invited essay on the current state of digital humanities scholarship in theater studies.
"Reinkultur in Yiddish: World War I, German-Jewish Encounters, and the Founding of the Vilna Troupe." Aschkenas
24.2 (December 2014), 214-259.
"Nomadic Chutzpah: The Vilna Troupe's Transnational Yiddish Theater Paradigm, 1915-1935." Theatre Survey 55.3
(special issue on transnationalism, Sept. 2014), 296-317. PDF courtesy of Cambridge University Press and Theatre
Survey.
Book Chapters
"'The Greatest Actress of the Age:' Searching for Sonia Alomis in the Words of Others" in Women on the Yiddish Stage, Alyssa Quint and Amanda Seigel, eds. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
"Imagining a Future that Never Was: Tadeusz Kantor's Jewish-Polish Stage." The Theater of Tadeusz Kantor, Magda Romanska and Kathleen Cioffi, eds. (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
"Forgotten Playwright: Kadya Molodovsky and the Yiddish Theater." The Legacy of Yiddish Women Writers, Rosemary Horowitz, ed. (2014).
"Dramaturgy Across Language: Contextualizing a Lost World in Yiddish and English." The Routledge Companion to
Dramaturgy, Magda Romanska, ed. (London; New York: Routledge, 2014), 141-144.
Translations:
Excerpt from The Life History of Sara Adler: As Told by Sara Herself, forthcoming in Women on the Yiddish Stage, ed. Alyssa Quint and Amanda Seigel (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming in 2019).
“In the Kingdom of Ants and Mushrooms” by Sofia Kantor. In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times, ed. by David Stromberg. (New York: Penguin Random House, 2018), 47-54.
Public Scholarship:
“Dystopia on the Verge: Or Why a 1934 Yiddish Play about Charlie Chaplin Still Matters.” Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, April 30, 2019.
“A Yiddish Poet, a Cuban Revolutionary, and a Historical Legend Walk Into a Bar: Review of Hatuey: Memory of Fire.” Digital Yiddish Theater Project, Oct. 2, 2018.
“Interview with Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof Actress Rachel Zatcoff.” Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, July 20, 2018
"Singer the Unknown Playwright." Pakn Treger 76 (Spring 2018).
"Brothel Intrigue, with a Modern Twist: Got fun nekome at the New Yiddish Rep." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project Blog, January 7, 2017.
"Have Plays, Will Travel: Riding the Rails with Yiddish Actors." Pakn Treger 74 (Fall 2016). 13-15.
"A Love Letter to the Yiddish Stage: Peretz's At Night in the Old Marketplace, Reconsidered." Pakn Treger 72 (Fall 2015), 29-31.
"Six Degrees of Yankev Blayfer." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, December 4, 2015.
"The Triumph of Vili Loman: Death of a Salesman at the New Yiddish Rep." In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies Blog, November 15, 2015.
"Advice from Sidney Lumet's Yiddish Actor Dad." Digital Yiddish Theatre Project Blog, December 15, 2014.
"The Sun Never Sets on the Vilna Troupe." Pakn Treger, Summer 2014, 12-14.
"Target Margin's Yiddish Bender." American Theatre Magazine, March 2014, 40-43.
"Why Theater? Why Not?" Theatre Communications Group Salon, curated by Caridad Svich, July 2014.
FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Interviews and Press Coverage
Max Sparber, "The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project," October 6, 2016.
Sarah Bay-Cheng, "Member Projects: Digital Yiddish Theatre Project." American Society for Theatre Research Blog, December 16, 2016.
“New Website on Yiddish Theater” (Naye vebzayt gevidmet dem yidishn teater), Forverts, August 28, 2016.
"Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Yiddish Theatre Edition" (Seks gradn fun kevin beykon nusekh vilner trupe), Forverts, December 25, 2015.
Sarah Zarrow, “Yiddish Theater Takes the Web,” Jewniverse, January 15, 2015.
"Yidish-limudim in FAU." Forverts, December 2, 2015.
Ted Merwin, "The Lomans in Yiddish: 'Gib Achtung'," The Jewish Week, September 1, 2015.
__________, "Yiddish Theater's Latest Fusion." The Jewish Week, February 11, 2014.
Moe Yousuf, "The (*) Inn Artist Interviews: Debra Caplan." Target Margin Theatre Blog, March 11, 2013.
John Marchese, "Yiddish Learning Learning Yiddish." Pakn Treger 68 (Fall 2013), 14-20.
