RESUME
Creative Statement
In my dreams I'm acting/singing on the still-thriving, 2nd Avenue, Yiddish Theater, and entertainment still only happens live!
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I can't explain the joy that overcomes me when I'm acting on stage, singing in a jazz club and or entertaining in community centers. I also find it in leading liturgical prayer, occasionally teach Bar/Bat Mitzvah lessons - and I hope all of this is helping to improve the world.
Acting &
Singing
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140lbs
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Actor/Accompaniment
Mesaper Theater Company
Director: Nicole Raphael, Rebecca Ponticello
"Out of the Apple Orchard" Yvonne David, Ellen Wendy Kaplan
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Singer/Actor
National Yiddish Theater (Folksbiene)
​Directors: Zalmen Mlotek, Motl Didner, Susanne Toren
"Di Trumpenikes"
"Di Khasene in Fernvald"
"The Wall"
See sample of my work with NYTF: here
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Singer/Actor
New Yiddish Rep Theater
2019 - Current
Directors: David Mandelbaum, Rachel Botchan
"Di Froyen" - a play about a chasidic woman going face-to-face with the abuse in her community.
"Pirat Yette" (Pirate Jenny, in Yiddish)
See sample of my work with NYR: here
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Singer/Entertainer
92nd Street Y, NYC
​Perform Yiddish and American folk songs and classics for the 60+ Cognitive Agility program. Director: Arielle Silverman
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Singer/Piano Accompaniment
The Loser Who Won
Creator and Director: Jack Feldstein
See projects page: here
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Singer/Entertainer
USJCS, Lower East Side, NYC
​Perform Yiddish and American folk songs and classics for elder residents at the assisted living center.
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Singer/Entertainer
Borough Park Center, Brooklyn, NY
​Perform Yiddish classics for elder residents at the care center.
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Cantorial Soloist
Four Star Residences, Riverdale, NY
2014 - 2019
Lead Shabbat evening (Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv) services whenever the Rabbi/Cantor is out.
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Singer/Entertainer
Kittay House, Bronx, NY
​Perform American folk songs and classics for elder residents at the assisted living center.
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Singer/Entertainer
Israel America Foundation, New York, NY
​Peform Jewish Folk songs for every major/minor Jewish holiday.
Skills
Soprano I & II
Piano Accompaniment
Bat Mitzvah Tutoring
Torah Leyning
Jewish Cantorial
Languages
​Yiddish
Hebrew
Spanish
MSSQL
MYSQL
Posgresql
Training
HB Studio
Acting and Musical Theater
Beckett and Maskleris
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Soprano I/II and Alto II
Jewish People's Philharmonic Choir, NYC
Binyumen Schechter
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Soprano I
Rottenberg Chorale (Hebrew Music), NYC
Benjamin Gruder, Lucy Moses School
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SLBC (Song Leader's Boot Camp)
National Conference
Rick Recht
Education & Other Work
Drisha Institue for Jewish Education​
2008 - 2010
General studies in Talmud and Tanakh
Yeshivat Midreshet Rachel V'Chaya, Jerusalem
Spring 2006
General studies in Tanakh
University of Utah
​1998 - 2002
Major in Environmental Studies
Minor in Economics
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Arts Fellowship Coordinator
Drisha Institute for Jewish Education
​2011 - 2013
Studied Talmud with Devora Steinmetz and composed songs based on the stories within it.. See my music page for samples of my original songs.
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Database Management Analyst
Community Healthcare Network
​2007 - Current
I write SQL queries to extract data from a 500-user medical record database. I love my co-workers and the underpriviledged community we serve. This job makes me feel very smart and helps support my music career. www.chnnyc.org