JERSEY CITY, NJ (May 27, 2011) – Actors Shakespeare Company at New Jersey City University, a professional theatre company in residence at the University, will continue its “ASC in the Community” series for Season 2010-2011 with a presentation of Israel Zangwill’s “The Melting Pot,” Sunday, June 5.
The performance will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, with a pre-play discussion at 1:00 p.m. at Congregation B’nai Jacob, 176 West Side Avenue, which is located 2 blocks south from the NJCU’s West Side Theater in Jersey City. Admission is free and open to the community.
“The play is a drama that was first produced in 1908. It tells the story of David Quixano, a survivor of the Kishinev pogrom who emigrates to the U.S. and composes “The Crucible,” a symphony full of hope for a society where people of all ethnicities form the Melting Pot. We welcome our patrons to this free, one-day event celebrating the diversity of our community and the struggle to find one’s place in the world,” said Colette Rice, Producing Artistic Director of ASC at NJCU.
The “ASC in the Community” series brings the professional theatre company’s work outside the NJCU campus. Occasionally, ASC resident artists explore material outside of Shakespeare’s canon. “The Melting Pot’s” Co-Director Marsha Dubrow brought the play to the attention of Ms. Rice and offered her venue, Congregation B’nai Jacob, where she is its cantor and spiritual leader.
ASC company member Seth Reich, who directed last season’s main stage production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” co-directs “The Melting Pot.”
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