Luzer Twersky

Luzer Twersky grew up speaking Yiddish in a
Chassidic home in Boro Park but left that life behind as a
young adult, cutting practically all ties with his family and
community. He now works as an actor in film, television, and
theater, performing both in Yiddish- and English-speaking
roles. Twersky appears as one of the three subjects of the
documentary One of Us, recently released on Netflix, which
chronicles his and two others' break from Chassidic life.
Currently, he is performing on the Yiddish stage in New York
in the role of Sam Feinschreiber in "Awake and Sing!"
(Yiddish title: "Vakh Oyf Un Zing"), written by Clifford
Odets and translated into Yiddish by Chaver Paver. The play
is being presented by the New Yiddish Rep theater company at
New York's 14th Street Y in Union Square, with performances
Wednesday through Sunday until Dec 24.


Related:


About Luzer Twersky:


Website: http://www.luzertwersky.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/twersky

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltwersky/

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3872496/



About the film "One of Us":


IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7214842/

One of Us web site: https://lokifilms.com/one-of-us/

One of Us trailer, published by Netflix, on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/uBPn5oQNutI



About the play "Awake and Sing"/"Vakh Oyf Un Zing" by New
Yiddish Rep:


Article "Returning 'Awake and Sing!' to Its Yiddish
Roots":
https://www.tdf.org/articles/1790/Returning-Awake-and-Sing-to-Its-Yiddish-Roots

Article "New Yiddish Rep to Stage Clifford Odett's 'Awake
and Sing'" (in Yiddish) in the Forverts:
http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/206777/new-yiddish-rep-to-stage-clifford-odetts-awake-and/

New Yiddish Rep website: http://www.newyiddishrep.org/

14th St Y Tickets and Info:
https://14streety.secure.force.com/ticket#details_a0S36000004qPjZEAU





The show began with Adam Gruzman's "Israel
Report", courtesy of the Forverts Sho on the web at
yiddish.forward.com.




Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental
track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz




Outro music: Drei Dreidele and Happy Chanukah, sung by Cantor
Moishe Oysher with chorus and orchestra, from the album The
Moishe Oysher Chanukah Party with Abraham Ellstein as musical
director




Air Date: De...