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Weaver is a writer, Yiddish translator, actor, director and magid (traditional Jewish oral storyteller) based in Northampton MA. They are a puppet and mask designer, and co-founder/co-artistic director of The People’s Puppet Parade, a radical community parade based around the Jewish calendar which facilitates youth leadership and cultural literacy. They co-founded Theater Between Addresses, an all-queer theater collective which produces new work and has frequent workshops supporting new play development. Their translations and original writing has been published on In geveb, Metamorphosis Journal, Paper Brigade, Pakn Treger, and more. They are the storyteller for the Magid Ensemble, an interdisciplinary collaboration currently touring their debut production, “Shterna and the Lost Voice.”
Rooting in Yiddish folklore and community, their work explores archetypal myths, histories of resistance, and experiments in queer joy.
They are committed to working with the public by using folk-theater forms, puppets, and spectacle to bring people of all ages and experiences into creative process together.
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Plague Wedding - Youtube Video
I wrote this play which was produced by Theater Between Addresses as a livestream in 2021. The show starts at 23:28.
I costume designed this film and acted in it. It was produced by Liz Walber with support from Northampton Open Media.
People's Purim Shpil - Youtube Video
Livestream of Purim parade I co-organized in spring 2022.
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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2022
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2022
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