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Waiting for Godot
Author(s): Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is one of the most significant plays of the twentieth century. This production of the existentialist tragicomedy by the New Yiddish Rep is performed entirely in Yiddish (with English and Russian supertitles). Directed by Moshe Yassur, the play casts a unique light on Godot; the characters are subtly portrayed as Holocaust survivors, and Yiddish history and culture echoes hauntingly through Beckett’s masterpiece.
Format: Full-length play
Cast Size:4M
Character breakdown:
Vladimir
Estragon
Pozzo
Lucky
Notes:
Translated from French to Yiddish by Shane Baker.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
September 20–October 13, 2013, Castillo Theatre, New York; September 2015, 1st Yiddish Theatre Festival at Cornell University; December 23–25, 2015, Theater for the New City, New York.
September 20–October 13, 2013, Castillo Theatre, New York; September 2015, 1st Yiddish Theatre Festival at Cornell University; December 23–25, 2015, Theater for the New City, New York.
Nationality of Author: Irish
Original Language: French
Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.