Maine Jews in theater

Backstage

date not known (Portland)
date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Applying makeup for theater production date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Scenery Crew date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Putting on makeup for a performance II date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Putting on makeup for a performance I date not known (Portland)
Scenery crew for Jewish Community Center Workshop Productions date not known (Portland)
JCC Theater costume fitting circa 1950 (Portland)
Theatre Presentation : set construction - Jewish Community Center 1950 (Portland)
Joe Taylor and Van Dernoots backstage 1957 1957 (Portland)

Children's Theater

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Children Theatre Presentation about countries of the world date not known (North Windham)
Nine children playing on a stage date not known (Bangor)
Six young girls singing on a stage date not known (Bangor)
Two young performers with Shari Lewis date not known (Bangor)
Witches Serenade : Lewiston Auburn Center Youth : program brochure Oct 22, 1960 (Lewiston )
Boys skit on stage at Center Day Camp (CDC) circa 1964 (North Windham)
Boys skit on stage at Center Day Camp (CDC) II circa 1964 (North Windham)

Jewish Community Center Theater

Spring Goes to Their Heads -- B'nai B'rith Models date not known (Portland)
Astor, Packet and One Other Person - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Clayman and Astor - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Counselor at Law - JCC Theater Workshop production date not known (Portland)
Fink, Cox, and Yormack - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Frager, Astor, Small, Fink, and Cox - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Halpert,Waxman, Astor, and Critchley - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Harold Ross and Two Other Actors at the Jewish Community Center date not known (portland)
Jacobson -Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jacobson, Waxman, and Cutler - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jacobson, Waxman, and Cutler - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
JCC Theater presentation date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center 1958 Theater Production “The Country Girl” date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players I date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players II date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 2 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 4 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 4 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 8 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 9 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Play “STATE OF THE UNION date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Production “STATE OF THE UNION date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Production “Counselor at Law” Jerry Lewis and Cynthia Frager date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Production “Dark Tower date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop ? Engle and Shirley Levine date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Jane Glassman and Irving Small date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Shirley Levine and Marian Taylor date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Yudy Elowitch and Ruby Packet? date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Scenery Crew date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop Three People “toasting date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Three people seated on couch date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Two Men in Mirror date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Workshop 5th SEASON date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Workshop Production Cast date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Workshop Production I date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Workshop Production II date not known (Portland)
Lucille Potter Lavin Performing at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Packet and Astor - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Packet, Silverman, and Lavin - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Ross and Astor - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Six people holding hands -Jewish Community Center Theater date not known (Portland)
Taylor and Astor - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Taylors, Yormack, and Rubinoff - Jewish Community Center Theater Workshop date not known (Portland)
Theater at JCC date not known (Portland)
Theater performance at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Four actors at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Frances Stern / Dot Potter in Threater Presentation - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Irv Small, Freda and Phil Schilling - Theatre Presentation - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Jocelyn Lavin Pollard and Two Male Actors at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Performance by Fritzi Cohen - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation I - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation II - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation IX - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XI - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XIV (Four Men Playing Women) - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XIX- Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XXII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Gypsy Nights' theater program, Portland 02/18/30 (Portland)
JCC Production circa 1945 circa 1945 (Portland)
Bangor Theatre presentation 1948 circa (Bangor)
5 people on stage at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Theater production circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Theater with Harold Ross and 2 others circa 1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Center Theater Workshop 1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center production 1950 (Portland)
State of the Union - JCC Theater production 3 actors circa 1950 (Portland)
Glovsky, Hyman, Levinsky, Modes, Sohn and Three Other Girls in a Theatre Presentation (Hawaiian scene) - Jewish Community Center 1951-1952 (Portland)
Roz Bernstein putting on a costume for a JCC play Jan-51 (Portland)
Roz Bernstein putting on make up for a JCC play Jan-51 (Portland)
JCC cast of The Country Girl circa 1955 circa 1955 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center “Give Me Carnations” 1955 circa (Portland )
Center Players Rehearse 1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Picnic - Center Theater Workshop production 1957 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater 10 1965 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Show 5/22/1966 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Lakewood

Handverger , Barack and Friends at Lakewood, Me Aug 1935 (Lakewood)

Not Yet Classifed

Twiddlers On the Roof - A Feature of Shaarey Tphiloh Donors' Entertainment date not known (Portland)
Entertaining Skit at B'nai B'rith ca March 1967 (Lewiston )

Not Yet Classified

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Arnold Potter and a woman rehearsing for a JCC play I date not known (Portland)
Putting on a show, Portland, 1930 02/18/30 (Portland)
Putting on a show circa 1970 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Sidney Lerman at the piano date not known (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

On stage with luggage circa 1955 (Portland)

Performer Interviews

Q & A: Linda Lavin on 'The Lyons' 4/22/2013 (Portland)

Playbill

"Star Light Star Bright" Program Cover Portland High School 1950 (Portland)
"Dinner At Eight" Center Theater Guild. Bangor- Playbill 1952 (Bangor)
"Dinner At Eight" Center Theater Guild. Bangor- Playbill cover 1952 (Bangor)
"Made In Heaven" Center Theater Guild Bangor playbill 1952 (Bangor)
"Made In Heaven" Center Theater Guild Bangor playbill cover 1952 (Bangor)
"Three's A Family" Center Theater Guild Bangor - playbill 1953 (Bangor)
"Three's A Family" Center Theater Guild Bangor - playbill cover 1953 (Bangor)
"Spring Song" , Hebrew Community Center Theater Guild Bangor program 1954 (Bangor)
"Spring Song" , Hebrew Community Center Theater Guild Bangor program cover 1954 (Bangor)
Witch's Serenade, Lewiston-Auburn Center Youth Playbill 22 Oct 1960 (state-wide)

Plays

Sweet Tooth Lollipop Tree Made by Mrs Jay Ketover date not known (Portland)
Yankee Fiddler : A Man Called Suss" by Celia C Risen date not known (Augusta)
Act from Play with John Isaacson and an unidentified woman date not known
Jewish Community Center to Present "Center Big Top" date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Potter and Elowitch - Jewish Community Center Theater Play “STATE OF THE UNION date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation ' Song & Dance" - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Waxman and Potter - Jewish Community Center Theater Play “STATE OF THE UNION date not known (Portland)
"Front & Center" - Theatre Presentation - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
"Wizard of Oz" Theatre presentation - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
"Spark Plugs" Federation Leadership Men's Division 1940 - 1942 (Portland)
Theatre Presentation ' The Night of January 16, 1941" - Jewish Community Center 1/16/1941 (Portland)
"The Hasty Heart" Jewish Community Center Theater May, 1951 (Portland)
Dave Astor and two other actors in JCC play Medea Jan-51
"Dinner at Eight" Community Sisterhood Bangor Center Theater Guild 1952 (Bangor)
"Maine Masque" Theater at University of Maine Orono 1952 (Orono)
"Spring Song" , Hebrew Community Center Theater Guild Bangor Press 2 1954 (Bangor)
"Spring Song" , Hebrew Community Center Theater Guild Bangor Press 1 1954 (Bangor)
Center Players Rehearse "The Fifth Season" 4/9/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Light Up the Sky at the Jewish Community Center 5/10/1951 (Auburn)
Fiddler on the Roof sponsored by Maine Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation 1975 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Double Take : Linda Abromson as Dolly Levi in the 'Matchmaker' Nov-87 (Portland)
The Secret in the Suitcase by Barbara Howard and Theresa Pease, Brandeis Magazine , Spring 2011 2011 (to be determined)
Hannah Dhonau “When Howard Met Gisèle” January 2011 (Waterville)

Press Coverage

They Had a Ball : Blowing Up A Storm , Portland Press Herald date not known (Portland)
"Dinner At Eight" Jewish Community Center Theater Guild- press coverage 1952 (Bangor)
"Made In Heaven" Center Theater Guild Bangor press coverage 1952 (Bangor)
"Three's A Family" Center Theater Guild Bangor press coverage 1953 (Bangor)

Programs

Tickets Out for "This Is Your Life" Program April 28 Waterville Hadassah date not known

Rehearsal

Center Big Top Play Rehearsal date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Jewish Community Center Theater Cast rehearsal date not known (Portland)
JCC Theater Dress Rehearsal circa 1950 (Portland)
Rehearsal for JCC play Medea and The Seagull with eight actors Jan-51 (Portland)

Religious Plays

Chanukah Play date not known (Bath )
Temple Beth El Purim Play 10 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 11 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 4 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 5 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 6 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 7 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 8 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 9 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 2 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 1 February 1999 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 3 February 1999 (Portland)

Same Scene - Play Name Not Known

Theatre Presentation V - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation VI - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation VII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation VIII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation X - Jewish Community Center 1950 (Portland)

Same Scene - Play Name Not Known II

Theatre Presentation XVI - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XVII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)

School Theater

Portland High School Senior Players, Star Light Star Bright. Press Herald 1950 (Portland)

Stage Design

Jewish Community Center Stage Design 1 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Stage Design 2 date not known (Portland)

Summer Camp Theater

Boys in Native American costume date not known (Portland)
Skit time at Center Day Camp date not known (North Windham)
Services at Center Day Camp (CDC) circa 1955 (North Windham)
Performance, Camp Lown c. 1957 (Oakland)
Boys group skit at Center Day Camp (CDC) circa 1970 (North Windham)
Skit Day at Center Day Camp circa 1971 (North Windham)

Theater

Linda Lavin New York Times article 9/26/2016

TV - Dave Astor Show

Dave Astor Show' Regulars, Portland, ca. 1960 c. 1960 (Portland)
“Dave Astor Show” rehearsal, Portland, ca. 1960 c. 1960 (Portland)
Dave Astor Show: For Teenagers Only,' Portland, ca. 1962 c. 1962 (Portland)
Ellen Warren on 'Dave Astor Show,' ca. 1962 c. 1962 (Portland)
Ellen Warren, 'Dave Astor Show,' Portland, ca. 1962 c. 1962 (Portland)
“Dave Astor Show,” Portland, April 1962 April 1962 (Portland)
Dave Astor Cerebral Palsy Show, Portland, 1964 10/01/64 (Portland)
“Dave Astor Show,” Portland, ca. 1964 c. 1964 (Portland)
“The Dave Astor Show” 07/04/11 (Portland)

Yiddish Theater

Global Yiddish Theater in Auburn 1914 (Auburn, ME)
Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn 1914 (Auburn)
The Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn, 1914 1914 (Auburn)
Yiddish Mock Trial May 16, 1923 (Portland)
'Two Goyim' program, Portland 1948 (Portland)

Youth Theater

The Wizard of Oz - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XIII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XV - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XVIII - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Theatre Presentation XX - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Portland Youth on stage 1950 (Portland)

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