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Updated 8/8/2024

Weaver

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

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.

Find Me

Tom Weaver
Job Title: Theater Artist
Address:
Northampton, MA 01060

Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2022

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2022

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Cultural Preservation
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Manufacturing / Fabrication
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Writing Services
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Cultural Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Theater Technical Production
  • Film Showings
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events
  • Residency - Community
  • Virtual Events
  • Wedding / Parties / Private Gatherings
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 30

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Elders
  • Teens
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • School Groups
  • People with Disabilities
  • Nonprofits
  • Artists

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Finalist in Dramatic Writing - 2021 - Mass Cultural Council
  • Finalist, Patty Abramson Prize for "Grains of Wheat" - Theater J, 2020

Awards

Awards:

  • Finalist in Dramatic Writing - 2021 - Mass Cultural Council
  • Finalist, Patty Abramson Prize for "Grains of Wheat" - Theater J, 2020

Education

Education:

  • BA, Smith College, 2019, Theater

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Adults
  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Theater
  • Literature

Certifications and Training:

  • BA; Theater, Smith College, 2019
  • Work Study, Arts Integration Studio, 2022

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Adults
  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Theater
  • Literature

Certifications and Training:

  • BA; Theater, Smith College, 2019
  • Work Study, Arts Integration Studio, 2022