Becoming Dr. Ruth at Edmond J. Safra Hall

Six-time Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor Tovah Feldshuh returns to the stage in New York City after eight years in the tour-de-force theatrical show, Becoming Dr. Ruth. The one-woman show, written by Mark St. Germain, follows a sold-out run at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor this summer and is presented Off-Broadway at Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

The limited-run show begins previews on Saturday, December 4 and opens Thursday, December 16 through Sunday, January 2, 2022, at the Museum of Jewish Heritages newly renovated, state-of-the-art theater in Battery Park City. The Museum is located at 36 Battery Place in Battery Park City.

The production presented on the same stage as National Yiddish Theatre Folksbienes smash hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddishwill have a runtime of 90 minutes with no intermission and be performed in compliance with current New York State health and safety requirements for indoor performances.

Directed by Bay Street Theaters Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, Becoming Dr. Ruth chronicles the life of noted psychologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, from her early years fleeing Nazi Germany, living as an orphan in Switzerland, to her service in the Israeli armed forces as a sharpshooter, and her later life and career in New York. Becoming Dr. Ruth is a humorous and heartfelt portrait detailing Dr. Ruths remarkable journey against so many odds to become a pioneer in the psychology of human sexuality and the worlds most famous sex therapist.

Authors

• Mark St. Germain