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Yehuda Hyman

YEHUDA HYMAN  

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Yehuda Hyman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Center Of The Star         David In Shadow And Light         I Ask You, Ladies And Gentlemen         Mad 7 - A Mystical Comedy With Ecstatic Dance, The         Mad Dancers, The         Swan Lake Calhoun

Center Of The Star

Synopsis:
JaCKIE MILLER, is a celebrated New York City-based photographer but her roots are in Los Angeles - a town she refuses to return to. Through the intervention of a mysterious talking fish (yes, a fish) JaCKIE is lured back to L.a. to photograph a tour of her life that parallels the Jewish migration in L.a.: Boyle Heights to Fairfax, the Valley to Santa Monica. Moving through time and space, JaCKIE revisits her wonderful/horrible family and confronts the impossible - the tragic event that separated her from her reckless twin sister, ELaINE. a story of reconciliation and return.

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1st Produced:
Cornerstone Theater and Greenway Arts Alliance (Greenway Court Theater), Los Angeles    2004

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 32

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David In Shadow And Light

Synopsis:
The idea behind David in Shadow and Light, updating the story of the Biblical charismatic yet flawed leader, has promise. The life of David is surely grist for an epic musical and Jesus Christ Superstar demonstrated the potential for using contemporary musical theatre conventions and selective anachronisms to tell a Biblical story

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Libretto by Yehuda Hyman . Music by Daniel Hoffman

1st Produced:
Theater J, DC    2008

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Theater J

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Genre:
Musical

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I Ask You, Ladies And Gentlemen

Synopsis:
This is the true story of ZaVEN, an armenian orphan boy whose brave and poetic spirit guides him through a tragic odyssey in his war-torn country (the 1915 genocide) and propels him into a new life in ameri

Notes:
an Adaptation of LEON SURMELIaN's stirring memoir, Adapted for the stage.

1st Produced:
Cornerstone Theater, Taper auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library    2005

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  1 Musician, 1 Puppeteer

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Mad 7 - A Mystical Comedy With Ecstatic Dance, The

Synopsis:
a modern-day riff on a 19th century Hasidic tale. Elliott Green, San Francisco office drone turned reluctant hero takes a coffee break and meets 7 mystics. Comical, off-beat, spiritually moving. Inspired by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's "The Seven Beggars."

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1st Produced:
4th Street Theatre    13 Aug 2010

Organisations:
The Mad 7 Team

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2h 0m Local Brooklyn, NYC

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Mad Dancers, The

Synopsis:
It's 1812, the Ukraine. The REBBE, a mystical genius, has a secret tale he must pass on before he dies, but no heir to give it to. He time-travels into 21st Century San Francisco and finds ELLIOTT GREEN, a nebbishy, nervous IBM word-processor with a caffeine addiction and a hidden gift. The Rebbe leads Elliott on a wild tour into the Kabbalistic mysteries of the universe - and the ecstasy of the soul

Notes:
Winner of the 2000 Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award

1st Produced:
San Diego Repertory Theater, San Diego    2001

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 7

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Swan Lake Calhoun

Synopsis:
Minneapolis, Minnesota. BENNY and CIG, are twenty year-old White Castle workers, ice-fishing on a Saturday Night. Cig accidentally falls into the freezing water. Benny runs off to get help. a lovely swan (or maybe goose - she won't admit which) pulls Cig out of the water. She is LENa, an enchanted Ukrainian former dental technician. The miracle of love leads to transformation

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This comic 10-Minute play won the 2004 Heideman Award At the Actor's Theater of Louisville

1st Produced:
Beast Festival, Triangle Theater, New York City    2003

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Genre:
play Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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