Twin Cities, MN
"The Abraham Play"
2015

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Bridged Division(s):
Age/Generations

Project Summary:
ITP was invited to engage the Twin Cities Jewish community in a year-long place project, working with residents of retirement communities in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and elementary school students at local schools and houses of worship. The process emerged into a one-man play that was performed as a scavenger hunt about inheritance (holy and personal) and the way generations talk to each other.

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Stats:

• 6 paid local and artists

• 19 partner organizations

• 673 process participants

 

Partner Organizations:
Adath Jeshurun Congregation; Beth El Synagogue; Beth Jacob Congregation; Mayim Rabim Congregation; Mount Zion Temple; Sharei Chesed; Temple Israel; Temple of Aaron; Rimon; Minnesota Jewish Theater Company; Sabes JCC; Saint Paul JCC; Yachad; Sholom Home; Talmud Torah of Saint Paul; Talmud Torah of Minneapolis; Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School; University of Minnesota Hillel; Minnesota Jewish Artists Lab.

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Funders:
The Covenant Foundation​

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In the Media: ​

• "A Twin Cities Abraham", Jeducation World (Jan 25, 2016)

• Review: The Abraham Play, Talkin' Broadway (Dec 31, 2015)

• Review: The Abraham Play, TC Jewfolk (Dec 20, 2015)

• "Jon Adam Ross: 'This Brilliant Light'", American Jewish World (Mar 25, 2015)