DYBBUKS

Proudly supported by Trafalgar and District Community. In Yiddish mythology dybbuks are the unresolved souls who seek to find form through living bodies. Dybbuks is a new work from Chamber Made, conceived and directed by Samara Hersch, that evokes the many ways that the dead inhabit female bodies through language, voice, memory and desire.

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Dybbuks is a contemporary theatre and music work created by Samara Hersch and collaborators including composer Max Lyandvert and designer Paul Jackson, together with performers, a local Yiddish choir of inter-generational women and four female musicians.

Part performance, part concert, part exorcism, Dybbuks combines mythic stories, traditional Yiddish songs with contemporary composition to present a feminist reimagining of S. Ansky’s iconic Dybbuk story.

 

CREATIVE TEAM

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Concept and Direction: Samara Hersch

Composition and Sound Design: Max Lyandvert

Sound Dramaturgy: Tamara Saulwick

Lighting and Set Design and Project Dramaturgy: Paul Jackson

Costume Designer: Shio Otani

Artistis Associate: Cathy Hunt

Performers: Lauren Langlois and Yoni Prior

Musicians: Jenny Barnes (vocals), Carolyn Schofield (Electronics), Lizzy Welsh (Violin) and Aviva Endean (Clarinet)

Choir Leader: Tomi Kalinski

Choir: Mary Appel, Sandra Chester, Anna Epstein, Marcia Jacobs, Romi Kupfer, Kathy Laster, Rachel Petchesky, Ruth Wein

Production Manager: John Byrne

Stage Manager: Vivienne Poznanski

Sound Operator: Steph O’Hara

Supported by: Besen Family Foundation, Gandel Philanthropy, Kadimah

© Photography by Pia Johnson

I acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the land I live, work and create upon. I am grateful for the connections I have had with country and its peoples. I feel fortunate to be able to create new work, collaborate and engage with others on this land. I acknowledge elders past, present and emerging and value the knowledge carried with them.  

© 2017 by Romi Kupfer