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1995 Season
A Shayna Maidel
By Barbara Lebow

The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion
and
The 75th
Two plays by Israel Horovitz

1996 Season
The World of Sholom Aleichem
By Arnold Perl
The Value of Names
By Jeffrey Sweet

A Body of Water
By Jenna Zark

1997 Season
Jest A Second
By James Sherman


Old Wicked Songs
By Jon Marans

1998 Season
Dividends
By Gary Richards


Old Wicked Songs
By Jon Marans

1999 Season
Sight Unseen
By Donald Margulies
Mizlansky/Zilinsky
or "schmucks"
By Jon Robin Baitz

2000 Season
The Chosen
Adapted by Aaron Posner
& Chaim Potok

Never the Sinner
By John Logan

The Magic Dreidels
Adapted by Jenna Zark
2001 Season
Punch Me in the Stomach
By Deb Filler
& Allison Summers

The Magic Dreidels
Adapted by Jenna Zark

The Substance of Fire
By Jon Robin Baitz

2002 Spring Repertory
Rose
By Martin Sherman


The God of Isaac
By James Sherman

2002 - 2003 Season
Talley's Folly
By Lanford Wilson

And Then They Came for Me
By James Still

The Magic Dreidels
Adapted by Jenna Zark

Rose
By Martin Sherman
2003 - 2004 Season
The King of the Kosher Grocers
By Joe Minjares

Refugees
By Stephanie Satie

The Magic Dreidels
Adapted by Jenna Zark

Tommy J & Sally
By Mark Medoff

2004 - 2005 Season
Lovers and Traitors:
The Killing of the Rosenbergs

By Elissa Mautner

Family Secrets
By Sherry Glaser

Hanukkah Lights in the Big Sky
By Buffy Sedlacheck


Miklat
By Joshua Ford

2005 - 2006 Season

Shadow of the Valley
By Lewis K. Schrager

Boychik
By Richard Krevolin

Hanukkah Lights in the Big Sky
By Buffy Sedlachek

The Twilight of the Golds
By Jonathan Tolins
2006 - 2007 Season

The Action Against Sol Schumann
By Jeffrey Sweet

The Odd Potato
Book and Lyrics by
Eileen Bluestone Sherman
Music by Gail C. Bluestone

Woman Before a Glass
By Lanie Robertson

Modern Orthodox
By Daniel Goldfarb
Jest a Second

Craig Johnson as Bob (left),
Andrew Wagner as Joel
and Tom Carey as Abe
Old Wicked Songs

Kevin Dutcher as
Professor Mashkan
and Peter Vitale as Stephen
Talley's Folly

Bruce Abas as Matt Friedman
The King of the
Kosher Grocers


James Craven as Elvis Mooney
and Marshall Hambro as
Izzie Silvers
Hanukkah Lights in
the Big Sky


Spencer Summers and
Colleen Hennen as
Isaac and Tammy Pearl
Family Secrets

Sally Wingert as Sandra

The Twilight of the Golds

Joseph Papke and Maren Bush
as David and Suzanne

Woman Before a Glass

Sally Wingert
as Peggy Guggenheim

"The Critics Say..." "The Audience Says..."

"...a theatrical gem ...emotionally inspiring
...brimming with intelligence and heart...
A small theatrical treasure."

Star Tribune (on Old Wicked Songs)



"...passionate and classy
...expertly dealing with material."

City Pages (on A Shayna Maidel)



"An absorbing exploration of Jewish rituals
in contemporary life."

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (on A Body of Water)



"This wonderfully written play about the passion
for art, ideas and cultural identity receives an
intense, witty and intelligent staging
...radiates ...a thrilling evening."

Star Tribune (on Sight Unseen)



"...fast moving ...filled with laughs and
emotional truth ...first-rate cast."

Star Tribune (on Jest a Second)



"Nothing short of mesmerizing."
Star Tribune (on Rose)



"a glistening reflection"
St. Paul Pioneer Press


"I've learned our differences are beautiful and
wonderful, and that some differences aren't so
different after all ...MJTC is one way of celebrating
diversity and unity!"

Marie Cooney, Minneapolis, MN



"It was fabulous."
First Grade Teacher
World Cultures and Language Magnet,
St. Paul Public Schools



"We can always expect the best quality [at MJTC]
...It was perfect."

Teacher, 3rd grade,
World Cultures and Language Magnet,
St. Paul Public Schools



"...eloquent and riveting ...superb."
Father Leo Tibesar, Minneapolis, MN



“A wonderful, rich story with phenomenal acting!
Outstanding!”

Audience member



"This needs to be on Hallmark Hall of Fame."
Audience Member



"Great, poignant entertainment."
Ivey Evaluator

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