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a<br />

<strong>musical</strong> fable<br />

of<br />

broadway<br />

December 1, 2007 at 8:00 PM<br />

December 2, 2007 at 3:00 PM<br />

December 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM


C’mon! C’mon!! Daddy needs a new pair o’ shoes!<br />

Dr. Blumofe sez mine don’t fit!!!


The <strong>Jewish</strong> Women’s <strong>Repertory</strong> <strong>Company</strong><br />

Presents:<br />

Music and Lyrics by<br />

Frank Loesser<br />

A Musical Fable of Broadway<br />

Based on a Story by and Characters of Damon Runyon<br />

Book by<br />

Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows<br />

Directed by<br />

Rachelle Freedman & Margy Horowitz<br />

Produced by<br />

Margy Horowitz & Shani Rotkovitz<br />

“Guys & Dolls” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International<br />

(MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street,<br />

New York, NY 10019. Tel: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com


Cast of Characters<br />

(in order of appearance)<br />

NICELY-NICELY JOHNSON ...............................Batsheva Frankel<br />

BENNY SOUTHSTREET ........................................ Nina Kleinman<br />

RUSTY CHARLIE ................................................ Michele Poltorak<br />

SARAH BROWN .................................................... Karen Holender<br />

ARVIDE ABERNATHY ..............................................Juli Shanblatt<br />

AGATHA (member of the Mission Band) ........... Janice Tanenbaum<br />

MARTHA (member of the Mission Band) ................Sarah Crighton<br />

CARINA (member of the Mission Band) ................ Raizy Shanblatt<br />

HARRY THE HORSE .................................................. Kelila Green<br />

LIEUTENANT BRANNIGAN............................Daphne Orenshein<br />

OFFICER FRIENDLY ........................................Chana Alisa Simon<br />

NATHAN DETROIT .........................................................Yael Ross<br />

ANGIE THE OX ......................................................... Caryn Malkus<br />

MISS ADELAIDE ............................................................. Amy Ritz<br />

SKY MASTERSON ...................................................Sabina Levine<br />

HOT BOX M.C. ...........................................................Sally Ben-Tal<br />

MIMI ........................................................................... Caryn Malkus<br />

GENERAL MATILDA B. CARTWRIGHT ............... Barbara Gindi<br />

BIG JULE ................................................................. Meira Kligman<br />

HOT BOX WAITER .....................................................Chava Sigala<br />

COCOANUT GROVE WAITER .................................Sally Ben-Tal


Chorus of Gamblers<br />

Sally Ben-Tal<br />

Stefanie Etshalom<br />

Kelila Green<br />

Ronnie Kaye<br />

Meira Kligman<br />

Caryn Malkus<br />

Michele Poltorak<br />

Chava Sigala<br />

Hot Box Dolls<br />

Rebecca Asher<br />

Sarah Crighton<br />

Barbara Gindi<br />

Caryn Malkus<br />

Sheila Meyer<br />

Heather Rothman<br />

Arleen Tanenbaum<br />

Janice Tanenbaum<br />

The Gamblers Dance Ensemble<br />

Rebecca Asher<br />

Sally Ben-Tal<br />

Sarah Crighton<br />

Stefanie Etshalom<br />

Barbara Gindi<br />

Kelila Green<br />

Ronnie Kaye<br />

Nina Kleinman<br />

Meira Kligman<br />

Caryn Malkus<br />

Michele Poltorak<br />

Yael Ross<br />

Heather Rothman<br />

Chava Sigala<br />

Chana Alisa Simon


Overture<br />

Scene 1: Broadway<br />

TIME: the late 1940’s PLACE: Broadway!<br />

“Runyonland” .................................................................... Ensemble<br />

“Fugue for Tinhorns” ....................Nicely-Nicely, Benny Southstreet<br />

& Rusty Charlie<br />

“Follow the Fold” ........................Sarah Brown & the Mission Band<br />

“The Oldest Established” ................. Nathan Detroit, Nicely-Nicely,<br />

Benny Southstreet, & the Gamblers<br />

Scene 2: The Save-A-Soul Mission<br />

“I’ll Know”...................................... Sarah Brown & Sky Masterson<br />

Scene 3: A Telephone Call<br />

Scene 4: The Hot Box<br />

“A Bushel & A Peck” ..................... Miss Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls<br />

“Adelaide’s Lament” .................................................. Miss Adelaide<br />

Scene 5: Broadway<br />

“Guys & Dolls” .............................Nicely-Nicely, Benny Southstreet<br />

& Rusty Charlie<br />

Scene 6: The Save-A-Soul Mission<br />

Scene 7: Broadway<br />

Scene 8: Hollywood<br />

Scene 9: The Hollywood Sign<br />

“If I Were A Bell” .........................................................Sarah Brown<br />

Scene 9: Outside the Mission<br />

Act 1<br />

“My Time Of Day” ....................................................Sky Masterson<br />

“I’ve Never Been In Love Before” ............................Sky Masterson<br />

& Sarah Brown


There will be a 15-minute intermission between Acts.<br />

Entr’acte<br />

Scene 1: The Hot Box<br />

“Lullaby Of Broadway” ................. Miss Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls<br />

“Adelaide’s Second Lament” ..................................... Miss Adelaide<br />

Scene 2: A Street Off-Broadway<br />

“More I Cannot Wish You” ...................................Arvide Abernathy<br />

Scene 3: The Sewer<br />

“The Gamblers Dance” .................. The Gamblers Dance Ensemble<br />

“Luck Be A Lady” ..........................Sky Masterson & The Gamblers<br />

Scene 4: A Street Off-Broadway<br />

“Sue Me” .......................................Miss Adelaide & Nathan Detroit<br />

Scene 5: The Save-A-Soul Mission<br />

“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” ........................ Nicely-Nicely<br />

& <strong>Company</strong><br />

Scene 6: A Street Off-Broadway<br />

“Adelaide Meets Sarah” ................... Miss Adelaide & Sarah Brown<br />

“Marry the Man Today” ................... Miss Adelaide & Sarah Brown<br />

Scene 7: Broadway<br />

Act 2<br />

“Guys & Dolls” (reprise) ...........................................Full Ensemble


Credits<br />

Piano Accompaniment ............................................ Margy Horowitz<br />

Drum Accompaniment ..............................................Maria Martinez<br />

Stage Manager ........................................................Shani Rotkovitz<br />

Choreography .........................Margy Horowitz, Fraida Liba Levine,<br />

Sheila Meyer, Caryn Malkus, Chaya Shagalow<br />

Technical Director ....................................................Shani Rotkovitz<br />

Costumes ................................................................. Margy Horowitz<br />

Set Design ...................................................................Danielle Forer<br />

Props ...........................................................................Danielle Forer<br />

Lighting Design .......................................................Shani Rotkovitz<br />

Makeup ...............................................................Theodora Bergman<br />

Box Office Manager ................................................ Margy Horowitz<br />

House Manager .............................................................. Joni Krevoy<br />

Poster Art .......................................................... Hannah Leah Honig<br />

Publicity ........................................................................ Kelila Green<br />

Playbill Cover ................................................... Hannah Leah Honig<br />

Playbill Layout ....................................................... Jeremy Horowitz<br />

Advertising .............................................................. Margy Horowitz<br />

Video .................................................................................... Famedia


Thank You<br />

To our families and friends for their love and support.<br />

To Rabbi Kupfer of Maimonides Academy for the use of his school<br />

for rehearsals.<br />

To Rabbi Elias of Mogen David Congregation for the use of his shul<br />

for rehearsals.<br />

To Dr. Jerry Friedman and Rabbi Avi Greene of Shalhevet School for the<br />

use of their school for rehearsals.<br />

To Rabbi Weil of Beth Jacob for the use of his shul for auditions and rehearsals.<br />

To Sheila Meyer of A Time For Dance for the use of her studio for rehearsals.<br />

To Josh Butchart, Annie Terry and our tech crew at Beverly Hills High School<br />

for their time and technical assistance.<br />

To Fraida Liba Levine for choreographing “A Bushel & A Peck.”<br />

To Sheila Meyer and Caryn Malkus for choreographing “Lullaby Of Broadway.”<br />

To Chaya Shagalow for choreographing “Runyonland.”<br />

To Sara Tanz for her help with choreography.<br />

To Raizy Shanblatt for joining our Mission at the last minute.<br />

To Sandy & Noah Blumofe, Barbara & Alan Gindi, Dana & Edward Slatkin and<br />

Bonnie & Alan Silverstein for sponsoring our costumes, props, sets<br />

and lighting, respectively.<br />

To Michael Tanenbaum for lending us his portable keyboard for another<br />

six months.<br />

To Debbie Fox, Sylvia Barocas, and Juliya Golant at Aleinu Family Services for<br />

their support and help with publicity.<br />

To Barry Poltorak for teaching us dolls how to play dice like guys.<br />

To our ticket sellers, ushers, and refreshment sellers, for their hard work.<br />

To everyone who has helped us out using their various talents.<br />

We appreciate it more than we can say!


Donors<br />

Sandy & Noah Blumofe<br />

Barbara & Alan Gindi<br />

Bonnie & Alan Silverstein<br />

Dana & Edward Slatkin<br />

Patrons<br />

Lisa Einbinder<br />

Benefactors<br />

Rena Berkowitz<br />

Cecile Gromis<br />

Naomi Manela<br />

Putter Pence<br />

Rachel Ross<br />

Angel Schneider<br />

Sponsors<br />

Audrey Adler<br />

Deborah Cohen<br />

Rosalyn Cooper<br />

Beth Eiselman<br />

Margaret Feitelberg<br />

Miriam Fishman<br />

Rochelle Krich<br />

Toby Krich<br />

Jill Linder<br />

Nettie Lerner<br />

Robyn Lewis<br />

Roberta Maimes<br />

Ronne Penn<br />

Tova Well<br />

*We thank all of our donors, benefactors, patrons and sponsors, including those<br />

whose sponsorships came in after this playbill had already gone to print.*<br />

Best Wishes to<br />

The <strong>Jewish</strong> Women’s<br />

<strong>Repertory</strong> <strong>Company</strong><br />

Young Israel of Century City


The Cast and Crew<br />

Sabina Levine (Sky Masterson)<br />

Sabina is delighted to be a part of the JWRC for the second time.<br />

Since she was a little girl, Sabina has had a passion for singing,<br />

dancing, and acting. She has performed in many stage productions,<br />

including Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Steel Magnolias,<br />

Kindertransport, and last year’s Once Upon a Mattress (Jester).<br />

She has also appeared in national commercials on television and<br />

radio. Sabina would like to thank her neighbors for not filing a claim<br />

of disturbing the peace while she was rehearsing, and her husband and daughters<br />

for their love and support.<br />

Karen Holender (Sarah Brown)<br />

Karen hails from Manchester, England and is so happy to be back<br />

for a third year performing with the amazing JWRC. With experience<br />

on New York and UK stages, Karen started her career at a young<br />

age performing for both music and theater audiences. Her credits<br />

include playing Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Reno in Anything<br />

Goes, and performing West Side Story at the Edinburgh Fringe<br />

festival. She is now a busy mom to two gorgeous little guys, Yehuda<br />

and Yonatan. Karen would like to thank her big guy, Darrin, for his continued love<br />

and support and all the ladies of the JWRC for a fabulous experience.<br />

Yael Ross (Nathan Detroit)<br />

Yael is very excited to return to the stage in her first performance<br />

with the JWRC. Although this is her first performance with this<br />

talented group of women, she is no stranger to the all-female cast<br />

and her fate to play a man. In fact, Yael has only played one female<br />

role since she began performing in the 9th grade, and that lapse in<br />

judgement occurred during college when men were forced to play<br />

men and women forced to play women! She is happy to return to<br />

the natural order channeling her well-rehearsed study of three older brothers into<br />

the role of Nathan Detroit. Yael would like to thank the YULA stage, and particularly<br />

Peter Faber for seeing her deep voice just waiting to escape. She would also<br />

like to thank her family, friends and the JWRC for their support and the opportunity<br />

to act once again.<br />

Amy Ritz (Miss Adelaide)<br />

Amy is so happy to be singing and dancing for a second year with<br />

the JWRC. Amy has been performing in <strong>musical</strong>s since high school,<br />

but playing Adelaide in Guys & Dolls is by far her favorite role. A big<br />

thank you to her husband, Jonny, and gorgeous kids, Adam and<br />

Zoe, for their love and support. I love you a bushel and a peck!!!<br />

Also, thank you to Margy and the entire cast and crew for this wonderful<br />

experience.


Batsheva Frankel (Nicely-Nicely Johnson)<br />

As a drama major at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Batsheva (then<br />

known as Susan Hirschman) performed in Semelwiess, Moonchildren,<br />

and Commencement before focusing on directing. After<br />

graduating, she worked in the film industry for eight years, and in<br />

theatre as the artistic director of the Third Rail Theatre <strong>Company</strong><br />

for two seasons. Batsheva then gave it all up for a more lucrative<br />

and glamorous career in <strong>Jewish</strong> education! In addition to teaching<br />

Tanach and English at various schools, she directed The Wizard of Oz and<br />

The Little Princess at Valley Torah High School. Batsheva is grateful to the JWRC<br />

for giving her a chance to perform for the first time in 20 years, and a chance for<br />

women spanning the whole spectrum of the <strong>Jewish</strong> community to come together,<br />

meet and make friends.<br />

Juli Shanblatt (Arvide Abernathy)<br />

Juli is very excited to be in this production and feels fortunate to<br />

have worked with such a talented and diverse cast and crew. Juli’s<br />

career in “the industry” began with an appearance on Romper<br />

Room at age 6. Since then she also performed in her 6th grade<br />

Spanish class production of Don Enrique Va A Los Estados Unidos<br />

(Don Enrique) and played in the pit orchestra (flute) for Guys &<br />

Dolls and A Chorus Line at MIT. Juli also appears before a live audience<br />

daily at Bais Yaakov School for Girls as a physics teacher. After annoying<br />

her beautiful family for many years with her constant singing of Broadway show<br />

tunes, they (and Chani Weiss) finally forced her to audition for this show. She<br />

thanks Neal, Raizy, Esti, and Mimi for all their support.<br />

Nina Kleinman (Benny Southstreet)<br />

This is Nina’s second year performing with the JWRC and she has<br />

thoroughly enjoyed this experience. Although Nina has performed<br />

in many all-women’s productions before, this is her debut as a man!<br />

Nina would like to thank Margy, Shani, and Rachelle for this wonderfully<br />

challenging opportunity. Thank you for coming and enjoy the<br />

show!<br />

Michele Poltorak (Rusty Charlie)<br />

Michele is excited to be rejoining the JWRC in this year’s performance<br />

of Guys & Dolls. Michele has been involved in several<br />

productions, including last year’s performance of Once Upon a<br />

Mattress and Hebrew University’s presentation of Joseph and the<br />

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. When not performing, Michele is<br />

the mother of two beautiful girls, Hannah and Emily, and is also a<br />

full-time employment litigation attorney, representing both private<br />

and public employers in their labor disputes. Michele thanks her husband Barry<br />

for his continued love and support (and showing all us dolls how to be “dice” guys)<br />

and all the women of the JWRC for their friendship.


Kelila Green (Harry The Horse)<br />

Kelila is honored to be working with such beautiful and talented<br />

women in the JWRC for the second year in a row. She would like<br />

to thank those women who have been there (mothers, friends, coworkers,<br />

fellow cast members) with an open ear, an open heart, and<br />

open arms. Kelila is proud to be continuing the tradition of honoring<br />

the name Harry (Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress and Harry the<br />

Horse in Guys & Dolls) and cannot wait to find out what Margy has<br />

in store for next year’s show.<br />

Daphne Orenshein (Lieut. Brannigan)<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong>, obsessive-compulsive, gleefully married, algebra-teaching,<br />

ranting mother of four seeks perfect fool-proof brisket recipe.<br />

Please e-mail recipe to dorenshein@hillelhebrew.org. Thank you.<br />

P.S. Thank you Jonathan for letting me leave the house to rehearse<br />

on many evenings. Thank you Margy for giving me the opportunity<br />

to develop my dry sense of humor and for being a rockin’ director,<br />

producer, and disciplinarian(!). This was certainly a blast!<br />

Meira Kligman (Big Jule / Gambler)<br />

A native New Yorker, hopeless romantic, and honorary Chicagoan<br />

with lots of relatives from the Windy City, Meira is thrilled to be<br />

playing “Big Jule from Chicago.” At age five Meira was spotted in<br />

the audience of Annie by a producer who offered her an audition for<br />

the role of Molly. Meira’s father declined, but Meira persevered and<br />

took her passion for performing out on her family, forcing them to sit<br />

through monthly plays and <strong>musical</strong>s that Meira directed and starred<br />

in. A big thank-you to Margy, the JWRC and a wonderful cast for giving her this<br />

opportunity to feel the magic again! Thanks to all of Meira’s friends; she wouldn’t<br />

be on this stage without their support and encouragement. She dedicates her<br />

performance to the memory of her grandparents, Mort and Rose Einbinder.<br />

Barbara Gindi (General Matilda B. Cartwright / Hot Box Doll)<br />

Barbara is very excited to be taking part in the JWRC performance<br />

of Guys & Dolls. After seeing Once Upon a Mattress last year, she<br />

couldn’t wait to try out for the next production. A mother of five,<br />

Barbara wishes to thank her family for pushing her to do this and<br />

for supporting her, practicing lines and dance steps and letting her<br />

leave the house during the hardest hours of the evening to attend<br />

practice. She wishes to send her love to her husband Alan who had<br />

to take over for her and who encouraged her to do this. Barbara is honored to be<br />

working with such a talented and warm cast of women and sends a big thank you<br />

to Margy, Rachelle and Shani for bringing JWRC to the community.


Caryn Malkus (Angie The Ox / Mimi)<br />

Caryn has been dancing since the age of three. Throughout her life<br />

she has performed in many shows, and her favorites include West<br />

Side Story, Pippin, Gypsy, and Chicago. At Tufts University she<br />

sang with an all-female a cappella group. Most recently she was<br />

Ann-Margret in the European tours of the <strong>musical</strong> Elvis the Legend.<br />

She is excited to be a part of this production, after taking a hiatus<br />

from performing to focus on her teaching career, her choreography,<br />

and her family. She would like to thank her parents for putting her in dance classes<br />

all those years ago, her husband Mitch for his love and support, and her twoyear-old<br />

twin boys, Eitan and Coby, for always singing along whenever she was<br />

practicing!<br />

Janice Tanenbaum (Agatha / Hot Box Doll)<br />

Janice is excited to be part of this production of Guys & Dolls. She<br />

has been involved in all aspects of theater from a young age. At<br />

Beverly Hills High School she sang in the Minnesingers and was<br />

involved in both the <strong>musical</strong> productions and the Shakespeare festival.<br />

Janice has also sung and danced in numerous family <strong>musical</strong><br />

productions. She continued her theatrical talents at the Claremont<br />

Colleges where she produced and directed such plays as Lost in<br />

Yonkers, Isn’t it Romantic and Crossing Delancey. Janice has an MBA and works<br />

as a Major Gifts Officer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.<br />

Sarah Crighton (Martha / Hot Box Doll)<br />

Sarah is a preschool teacher at the Garden School. She appeared<br />

in last year’s JWRC production of Once Upon a Mattress and has<br />

participated in Kol Neshama, a performing arts camp for girls. She<br />

is happy to be performing once again with such a wonderful group<br />

of women.<br />

Chana Alisa Simon (Officer Friendly / Gambler)<br />

After many small time gigs at VTHS and Camp Sternberg, Chana<br />

makes her grand début on the JWRC stage. She is currently studying<br />

for a BSc in Microbiology and would like to thank Margy and<br />

the cast for a really good excuse to procrastinate from doing her<br />

schoolwork. She really enjoyed working on this show. As Officer<br />

Friendly she’d like to remind everyone that no gambling is allowed<br />

in the audience and to drink responsibly. Enjoy the show!<br />

Sally Ben-Tal (Hot Box M.C. / Gambler / Cocoanut Grove Waiter)<br />

Sally is delighted to be a part of this year’s JWRC production of<br />

Guys and Dolls. She has appeared in several plays, including<br />

Center of the Star by Yehuda Hyman and A Long Bridge Over Deep<br />

Waters by James Still, and the films Nonfat and The Window. She<br />

has also co-written and directed several plays for her husband’s<br />

religious school classes. She wants to thank her family and friends<br />

for their love and support.


Chava Sigala (Liver Lips Louie / Hot Box Waiter)<br />

Chava is a senior at Valley Torah High School and has been acting<br />

in Kol Neshama since she was eleven. She has also appeared in<br />

several school plays.<br />

Stefanie Etshalom (Society Max)<br />

Stefanie is thrilled to be a part of the JWRC and to be performing<br />

alongside such a wonderful and talented group of women. “Morah<br />

Stefanie” performs during the week at Yeshivat Yavneh and does a<br />

weekly Shabbat “show” at Young Israel of Century City for toddlers,<br />

their mothers, and the men who can hear her through the walls of<br />

the 9:30 Beit Midrash Minyan. While these performances and those<br />

in her car and kitchen are fun (but not for her five children who tell<br />

her to save it for the show), it is a dream come true for a frum woman to sing on<br />

stage in a professional production where the audience members are over 5 years<br />

old and potty-trained. Thank you to everyone in the JWRC for this amazing opportunity,<br />

for their unbelievable dedication, and for having patience with her as she<br />

whipped her two left feet into shape. Thank you to our supporters for making this<br />

show possible!<br />

Ronnie Kaye (Melvin the Rat)<br />

Formerly a math teacher at Hillel Hebrew Academy, Ronnie is now<br />

a psychotherapist in private practice, a published author, and a firstyear<br />

doctoral candidate in psychoanalysis. A veteran of the JWRC’s<br />

first two productions (The Mikado and Once Upon A Mattress), she<br />

is once again happily singing bass as one of the gamblers in the<br />

chorus of Guys & Dolls.<br />

Rebecca Asher (Hot Box Doll)<br />

Rebecca Asher recently moved to Los Angeles after graduating<br />

from Stern College for Women in New York City. She grew up in Atlanta<br />

where she began taking dance classes at age five. She enjoys<br />

all types of dance, especially ballet. Rebecca is currently working at<br />

Maimonides Academy.


Sheila Meyer (Hot Box Doll)<br />

At the age of five Sheila’s mother enrolled her in ballet class, and<br />

she hasn’t stopped dancing since! After graduating from college<br />

Sheila took her childhood dream and made it a reality: she started<br />

her very own dance studio in her hometown of Atlanta, so she could<br />

pass on her love to others. Since moving to LA just three years ago,<br />

Sheila founded A Time For Dance, a dance and fitness studio that<br />

caters to the needs of the Orthodox <strong>Jewish</strong> community. Her days<br />

are filled teaching classes and spending time with her husband and two children.<br />

Heather Rothman (Hot Box Doll)<br />

Heather grew up in Los Angeles, has been dancing since the age<br />

of five, and is excited to have this opportunity to perform in Guys &<br />

Dolls with such a wonderful cast of dedicated and talented women.<br />

Her other passion is books, and she currently hosts her own cable<br />

TV show entitled “BookTalk with Heather Joy.” Heather would like<br />

to thank the cast and directors for sharing their generous spirit and<br />

esprit-de-corps.<br />

Arleen Tanenbaum (Hot Box Doll)<br />

Arleen’s most important role has been as mother of six and grandmother<br />

of four. Her voice could be heard exhorting her kids from<br />

alley to street and roof to basement. With such lung power she<br />

starred in her family’s well-known, original B’nai Mitzvah and wedding<br />

productions, hospital parodies, her daughter Janice’s MBA<br />

graduation, organizational events, and, most recently, the Beth<br />

Jacob tribute dinner. She is thrilled to be performing with Janice, her<br />

daughter and fellow doll, in this production.<br />

Margy Horowitz (Co-Director / Musical Director)<br />

For the JWRC’s third production, Margy decided to prove that she<br />

could produce and direct a show while simultaneously experiencing<br />

horrible morning (ahem – that’s “all-day”) sickness. Luckily our<br />

fantastic cast and crew helped make sure that this show would be<br />

as great as the last two. Thanks to Rachelle, Shani, Danielle, all<br />

of our choreographers, and a fabulous cast for a job well done. It<br />

was terrific working with all of you! And of course Margy must, as<br />

always, thank her amazing husband Jeremy and 3-year-old daughter Julia for their<br />

continued love and support.<br />

Rachelle Friedman (Co-Director)<br />

Rachelle Freedman received her B.A. in Theatre from Georgia State<br />

University and has taught acting to children across the country. She<br />

has also written and directed plays for various <strong>Jewish</strong> schools and<br />

camps, including several in the Los Angeles area. After playing King<br />

Septimus in last year’s JWRC production of Once Upon a Mattress,<br />

Rachelle made the transition from a very silent role (literally) to one<br />

just a bit more vocal. She’d like to thank Margy, Shani, and the most<br />

fabulous group of dolls ever, as well as her guy Yacov and her best girl, Hannah<br />

Honey.


Shani Rotkovitz (Producer / Stage Manager)<br />

Shani still remembers when her friend Margy called her up a few<br />

years ago and said “Hey, I have an idea…and I need help.” So<br />

with three degrees and many years of production under her belt,<br />

she said “Sure, why not?” And the Margy/Shani dynamic was born.<br />

Happy to be back producing and stage managing once again for<br />

a fantastic JWRC show, Shani is super excited to be working with<br />

Margy, Rachelle, Danielle and the fantastic cast of Guys & Dolls.<br />

She would especially like to thank the students of BHHS for all their help on the<br />

tech crew. And of course her parents for sending her to art school. Twice. And her<br />

friends and family (and cute neglected cat Ahavi) for giving her up for six months<br />

out of the year.<br />

Congratulations<br />

Daphne!<br />

We will be watching and<br />

cheering your performance.<br />

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