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Music by Avner Finberg
Play/Libretto/Direction by Edward Einhorn
based on the 2nd Century BCE play
by Ezekiel the Tragedian
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$20 suggested donation for on demand
Interview:
"Stirring"
Chava Pearl Lansky, Jewish Week
Reviews: “The hundred-minute play-opera, which is expertly acted and directed, brought new meaning to me despite my familiarity with the story; it also allowed us all to make merry. And in these difficult times, at least for one special night, that is enough.”
- Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York
"The play, which is thought-provoking in itself, provides a modern frame both for the opera, which has moments of exquisite singing and vivid stagecraft, and for the seder, which is more or less for real, and fun, if unorthodox."
- Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater
“Einhorn gets a big assist from composer Avner Finberg’s exotic score and musical director Mila Henry as she leads the chamber sextet from the piano. Tenor James Benjamin Rodgers as Moses, soprano Tharanga Goonetilleke as Tzippora, and lyric bass Matthew Curran as the Pharaoh are exemplary…. The manner in which Einhorn has paced the events of the evening is truly an act of precision. Having written the piece, he knows better than anyone the very many arcs there are in the story and how the movement from Avraham’s apartment to the desert and back again…even creating mini-breaks for the Seder…are the result of very careful planning. It succeeds at being a play, an opera, and a sheer spectacle in ways Ezekiel the Tragedian may have never even thought of.”
- Tony Marinelli, Theater Scene
"An intricate ode to Jewish intertextual tradition...The way Einhorn has paced this evening is a feat in itself, finding moments to serve food (bites of the jammiest and best haroset I’ve ever had, Hillel sandwiches and gefilte nubs, White Cream Concord Manischewitz) and drama...truly impressive puppetry from Tanya Khordoc and Barry Weil of Evolve Puppets...when you’re going through a Seder, joining in on Eliyahu Hanavi, and learning a bit more about the Jews of Elephantine, it’s hard not to enjoy yourself."
- PJ Grisar, The Forward
"A thoughtful examination of Jewish experience through history. ..
Don’t miss this amazing work!"
- Mark Savitt, Hi! Drama
"I never thought I'd voluntarily attend a third seder, but enjoyed joining one at Edward Einhorn's participatory production Exagoge tonight."
- Yair Rosenberg of The Atlantic on X (Twitter)
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