Der Goylem Yiddish Puppet Spectacle
Fernwood Site in Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland
Saturday, May 2, 6 – 8 pm.
All are invited to experience the performance of Der Goylem! In the lineage of Cheap Art, it will be truly sliding scale, $0-18, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Anshl received a Yiddish Culture Fund grant to hold workshops to create a Yiddish-inspired puppet show which the public is invited to see on May 2. In Jewish legend, a golem (goylem, in Yiddish) is a clay figure brought to life by magic.
What would you do…
… if you could summon a golem to fight the empire?
… if you were a golem, trying to survive for the long haul?
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of…golems? Der Goylem marries the rich tradition of Yiddish puppetry with the practice of large-scale protest puppet theater. This performance will bring people together for much-needed joy, grief, play, rebellion, celebration, and participatory art. It will feature both Yiddish and English, as well as klezmer musical accompaniment. Der Goylem is by and for the trans and queer Jews of the East Bay, all are warmly welcome. It will carry themes of our often-marginalized stories.
For more information contact Anshl, golem maker, at truelizardqueen@gmail.com