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David Schechter

DAVID SCHECHTER

  
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David Schechter is a multi-faceted theatre artist with a considerable scope and prolific achievement.   His diverse body of work ranges from his direction and authorship of intimate one person shows (Drama Desk Award honored, Off Broadway success, Hannah Senesh, Alice Without, Paganini, Double Crossed, etc)  to opera (The White Rose, Diary of One Who Vanished) and outdoor pageants (150 person Brooklyn Bridge Centennial celebration, Common Sky) to directing classics by Shakespeare, Moliere and Sondheim.

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below is a list of David Schechter's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Almost September         From the Diary of One Not Born         Gimpel the Fool         Hannah Senesh         Jungle Book, The         Peter Pan         Shlomo the New Musical         Sundiata, The Lion King         Talmud Tale, A
Almost September

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Written by David Schechter And Stephen Lutvak

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From the Diary of One Not Born

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Gimpel the Fool

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Adapted from the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Adaptation

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Hannah Senesh

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the story of Hannah Seneah, Jewish poet and freedom fighter in World War Two.

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Play/Drama

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Jungle Book, The

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Written by David Schechter And Barry Keating. Based on the books by Rudyard Kipling

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Childrens play

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Peter Pan

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Based on the play by J M Barrie

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Shlomo the New Musical

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A musical celebration featuring over 40 of Carlebach's soulful and joyous melodies, SHLOMO the New Musical is the true story of the rabbi/troubadour who ignited the spirit of Jews around the world with his music, stories and boundless love. As a child, he narrowly escaped from Hitler's Germany. Once in America, his next Dramatic journey took him from the traditional yeshiva world to becoming the first emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In his astonishing rise as a music star in the 1960s folk scene, he shared the stage with legends like Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, and the Grateful Dead. He reinvented the Jewish experience with 'the House of Love & Prayer', his hippie commune in San Francisco. Beloved and controversial, Shlomo traveled the world mending broken hearts through his boundless love and joyous music
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music Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach; book Daniel S Wise; lyrics David Schechter' Additional material Meshama Carlebach

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Museum Of Jewish Heritage, NY     2008

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Sundiata, The Lion King

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Influenced by traditional African dance, costumes and puppetry, the show is a festive retelling of the mythic tale from West Africa of the crippled young prince who finds his strength after being adopted by a pride of lions.

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Book by David Schechter and Barbara Pasternak; Lyrics by Scott Davenport Richards, Kirsten Childs and David Schechter; Music by Scott Davenport Richards and Kirsten Childs

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Town Hall, NYC    

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Talmud Tale, A

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A thirteen year old girl facing her bat mitzvah finds comfort in the story of Rabbi Akiba and his wife Rakhel

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Music by Ned Ginsburg; lyrics by Ned Ginsberg; David Schechter; book by David Schechter

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Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  1 boy; 2 girls

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