Coming Together
Virtual Performance via Zoom
Presented by Temple Israel of Boston
Boston, MA
May 2021
Written by: Julia Corrigan, Beth Kaiserman, Jonathan Plotkin, Adina Polen, and Naomi Ribner
Directed by: Sarah Plotkin and Rebecca Powell
Coming Together was a virtual, community-engaged storytelling project that explored the meaning of Jewish community, how we build it, and how it transformed during COVID-19. Over several months, an ensemble of five community artists shared stories, conducted interviews, and used devising techniques to transform those stories into a performance. Their stories reflected real experiences of the pandemic, and imagined what life would feel like once we began to emerge from it.
This project was supported by a grant from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Arts & Culture Community Impact Grant Fund, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston, and the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
"I mused that the performance belongs in a time capsule of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the best reflection of the pandemic that I have experienced so far in any format" - Audience member
"I had chills up and down my spine... I felt I was being hugged. [The show] was brilliant in every way and I felt blessed to feel accepted in my hesitancy to join society once again." - Audience member
Presented by Temple Israel of Boston
Boston, MA
May 2021
Written by: Julia Corrigan, Beth Kaiserman, Jonathan Plotkin, Adina Polen, and Naomi Ribner
Directed by: Sarah Plotkin and Rebecca Powell
Coming Together was a virtual, community-engaged storytelling project that explored the meaning of Jewish community, how we build it, and how it transformed during COVID-19. Over several months, an ensemble of five community artists shared stories, conducted interviews, and used devising techniques to transform those stories into a performance. Their stories reflected real experiences of the pandemic, and imagined what life would feel like once we began to emerge from it.
This project was supported by a grant from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Arts & Culture Community Impact Grant Fund, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston, and the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
"I mused that the performance belongs in a time capsule of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the best reflection of the pandemic that I have experienced so far in any format" - Audience member
"I had chills up and down my spine... I felt I was being hugged. [The show] was brilliant in every way and I felt blessed to feel accepted in my hesitancy to join society once again." - Audience member