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The Bird of the Ghetto
Author(s): Chava Rosenfarb
The Bird of the Ghetto is the inaugural production in NYTF’s Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival – a series celebrating Yiddish plays by women writers.
Based on a true story, The Bird of the Ghetto chronicles the tragic story of Jewish resistance fighter Itsik Vitenberg and is presented during the anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Format: Full Length
Cast Size: 1M, 3W
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, April 22, 2021 Virtual Production as part of The Yiddish Women's Playwrights Festival
Original Language: Yiddish