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At The Toronto Centre for the Arts (former Ford Centre) Studio Theatre. 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
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A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT Nov. 12 to 23, 2008
Nala’s first encounter with the stage started at the tender age of 7, as a dancer. Upon arriving in Toronto at the age of 11, she continued to educate herself in the performing arts world by attending dance and music schools. Now a graduate of George Brown College (theatre program) and Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts (musical theatre program), Nala is pursuing her passion as a career. Her stage and film credits include IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THE LARAMIE PROJECT, PINOCCHIO, and 8:21.
Martin’s acting career started too many years ago with musical theatre in England, performing in such shows as KISS ME KATE and HALF A SIXPENCE. It is therefore exciting to be part of a musical production again. Martin’s more recent career in Canada has included many comedies, Fringe shows, and CBC productions. Martin is currently part of the BardBusters production company, acting in MACBETH and TWELFTH NIGHT for intimate high school classroom performances.
Tori is thrilled to be a part of such a wonderful production. Past theatre credits include RAM ALLEY, 7 STORIES, THE CHANGELING, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, and TWELVE ANGRY JURORS. Tori is a graduate of Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts.
Tamar Ehrlich
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Finn has authored 20 musicals, 8 full-length, along with 12 one-act for children or all ages. His musicals have had an extensive track record, 40 productions playing in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Georgia, Utah and Oregon. He is a former radio scriptwriter for WNYE-FM, where his scripts have garnered 4 national awards, and an Earplay Award for a privately-submitted script. Finn has authored 2 books, A Tale of Zabokretch, a novel based upon the Ukrainian pogroms of 1919-1921, and Look, the Sun Is Shining, a memoir. He is looking forward to the Toronto production of A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT, his first outside the U.S.
Nicole is an award-winning choreographer specializing in Tap and Musical Theatre; selected credits include CRAZY FOR YOU, TALL TALES and the opening ceremonies for the Alberta Summer Games. She is also an accomplished "triple threat" performer who has worked both in theatrical and commercial settings. A current faculty member with the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts (College Program), Nicole is also the Program Coordinator for the Kids Division at Randolph as well as Artistic Director of the new Randolph Dance Crew - a company specifically designed for young dancers.
Barrett is originally from Nova Scotia, and he is enjoying his time in Toronto immensely! You can catch him at MEDIEVAL TIMES as the Lord Chancellor and, if you have the right cable channels, in the opening credits for AD PERSUASION. Selected credits include A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and THE HEIGHT OF MADNESS.
Cassie comes to TEATRON after working in Florida this summer for NASA as a performer at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex. She is excited to be performing her true passion, musical theatre. Past theatre credits include Babe Williams in THE PAJAMA GAME, Ela in the Canadian Premiere of STRING OF PEARLS, Arnaz in the World Premiere of MISS PERSIA, and the Canadian Premiere of A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER. She would like to thank her family, friends, and her wonderful boyfriend Shimon.
For TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER. Jack is a veteran actor of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal. Since 1997 he has performed in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ, ON GOLDEN LAND, DOUBLE IDENTITY, THREEPENNY OPERA, ON SECOND AVENUE, and THE DYBBUK.
A recent graduate of the Dalhousie Acting Programme in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Marc has returned home to Toronto to pursue his training and his acting career in theatre, film and television. He has recently been seen on stage in THE BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN and WAITING FOR GODOT, as well as in the short films SEHNSUCHT and SOCK WAR. He sends many thanks to his family and friends for their ongoing love and support.
Floydd continues to gain
recognition as an adept director of various musical styles and
genres, covering everything from Classical to Jazz. He is
frequently called to work with small orchestras, choirs and music
theatre ensembles throughout Ontario and has produced several
concerts with critical acclaim.
Kivi is active both on and offstage with TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre. He stage managed last year's CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER and this year's A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT, and was seen in CHAIM'S LOVE SONG. Prior to 2007, he was in London, Ontario, where he performed with groups including the Or Shalom Theatre Troupe and the London Community Players, and before that with the University of Waterloo's FASS theatre group, where he learned the secrets of the rick-a-bam-boo.
Clinton is a Christian, husband, and member of Theatre Ontario. His theatrical credits include leading roles in the musicals FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, GUYS AND DOLLS, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and MAN OF LA MANCHA, as well as Shakespeare's MACBETH. Clinton thanks his wife Susan for her loving support.
Gloria is a seasoned actress, singer and entertainer. She has performed in concert, on stage, in television and film and in cabaret, across North America and in Israel. Gloria spent six and a half years at Second City, honing her improv skills. She played an Italian mother then the nona (grandmother) at TONY'N'TINA'S WEDDING. What she loves to do best is sing Yiddish songs. Gloria is very pleased to be part of this talented cast and crew, and especially to be working with Ari Weisberg and Teatron Toronto Jewish Theatre on this play that gives us a glimpse of Israel and the plight of displaced Jews after the war. Gloria visits her grandchildren in Eretz Yisrael at least twice a year, making this story and Israel especially meaningful to her.
In addition to playing ESTHER, Esther is also the Dance Captain of this production. Her selected credits include THE PIED PIPER, ALI BABA, THE PAJAMA GAME, THE CRUCIBLE, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, OLIVER!, and GODSPELL. Esther also sings and dances as different fairytale princesses with My Perfect Princess Party, and loves every minute of it. A proud Randolph grad, Esther is thrilled to be doing a fantastic role, in a show with such an important message. Esther dedicates this performance to her father, Michael.
Ari’s directorship and design credits include EDMOND, THE MELVILLE BOYS, THE AFFECTIONS OF MAY, MURDER AMONG FRIENDS, THIS NIGHT, THE CHOSEN, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, HOME OF THE BRAVE, THE TENTH MAN, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, THE GOD OF ISAAC, CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER and CHAIM’S LOVE SONG. Ari is the founder and artistic director of TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre. He worked for 18 years as a director and a producer for television in Kingston, Ontario. Later he was able to come back to his first love, live theatre.
Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Asna came to Canada at the age of nine. The daughter of an opera singer who was a soloist with the Kiev Opera and then with the Red Army Choir, Asna is a lifelong “opera nut” and theatre lover who began her schooling at the Conservatory of Music in Vilnius. She has an extensive knowledge of Italian, French and Russian opera repertoire. She also holds a Master’s Degree in English Literature (Medieval Theatre) from University of Toronto. Asna has acted in community theatre and spent one summer at the Banff Festival's opera department where she was assistant stage manager for Britten’s “Albert Herring”. For the past four years Asna’s opera dreams have come true as she has been working for the Canadian Opera Company as a “performer in a non-singing role” playing everything from a convent nun to a prison prostitute, and where, according to her, she has “the best seat in the house”. Asna is proud and happy to be contributing to TEATRON’s excellent work.
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(as appeared at time of production) THIS NIGHT |THE CHOSEN | HOME OF THE BRAVE |THE TENTH MAN | THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO | THE GOD OF ISAAC | CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER | CHAIM’S LOVE SONG | A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT | THE DYBBUK | BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
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Ari’s directorship and design credits include EDMOND, THE MELVILLE BOYS, THE AFFECTIONS OF MAY, MURDER AMONG FRIENDS, THIS NIGHT, THE CHOSEN, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, HOME OF THE BRAVE, THE TENTH MAN, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, THE GOD OF ISAAC, CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER, CHAIM’S LOVE SONG. A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT and THE DYBBUK Ari is the founder and artistic director of TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre. He worked for 18 years as a director and a producer for television in Kingston, Ontario. Later he was able to come back to his first love, live theatre. |
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Nala
Burdyna
Martin
Edmonds
Tori
Elliott
Ben
Finn - Playwright 
Nicole
Hapke 
Barrett
Morrison
Cassie
Muise
Jack
Ossof - YUDEL
Marc
Richler - MOISHE/MENDEL
Floydd
Ricketts 
Kivi
Shapiro
Clinton
Somerton
Gloria
Valentine
Esther
Vallins - ESTHER
Asna
Wise 