MJTC Announces 2010-2011 Professional Season

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) will open its 2010-2011 16th professional season on October 16, 2010. The four-show season will feature one world premiere, two area premieres, and a holiday-hit revival.

The 2010-2011 season will open with the area premiere of My Name is Asher Lev, adapted by Aaron Posner from the book written by Chaim Potok. The play tells the story of young boy from a strictly religious Jewish family whose love of visual art draws him to painting and Christian ideology as he pursues life as an artist. My Name is Asher Lev will run October 16 through November 7, 2010.

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, adapted by Shari Aronson and based on the book by Eric A. Kimmel, returns for the holiday season. Originally produced in 2008, and again in 2009, the holiday-hit about a vagabond who defeats goblins and brings Hanukkah back to the town of Helmsbergville returns with MJTC's Ivey Award-winning puppets. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins will run December 7 - 17, 2010.

The season will continue with Goats by Alan Berks, local actor, director, and playwright. Goats is a heartwarming, coming-of-age story of a young man who learns to embrace life's lessons while working as a goatherd in the mountains of Israel. Act I of Goats was a hit at the 2004 Minneapolis Fringe Festival, and will now be produced as a full-length work by MJTC. The play is MJTC's winter week-end production, and will play Saturdays and Sundays, March 5 - 27, 2011.

The season will end with the world premiere production of the new comedy The Gospel According to Jerry by Richard Krevolin and Irwin Kula. Jerry is a divorced rabbi leading an over-eaters anonymous group as part of his master's degree program in family counseling. A devout, church-going African American woman, Nia, is his sole group member. This new comedy explores identity, Jewish-African American relationships, stereotypes, and bias. The Gospel According to Jerry will run April 16 through May 8, 2011.

Season passbook subscriptions are now on sale for $50 - $72, with a specially-priced student passbook for $36. Season passbooks may be purchased by calling 651-647-4315 or e-mailing info@mnjewishtheatre.org. Box office hours are Monday through Friday 9 am - 4:30 pm.

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company is a non-profit organization now in its 16th year of presenting professional productions rooted in the Jewish experience and illuminating The Common humanity among us all. The audience for MJTC is almost equally divided between Jews and non-Jews. For further information about MJTC, call 651-647-4315 or visit our website at www.mnjewishtheatre.org; or join our Facebook family at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-Paul-MN/Minnesota-Jewish-Theatre-Company/44432069548.

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