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BIO

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company is a professional not for profit theatre company in Toronto, Canada.
We embrace and celebrate the Jewish story - stories about our history, stories about our beliefs, stories about our struggles and triumphs.
Over 5,000 years in the making, these universal stories have to be told and need to be seen. It is our responsibility and privilege to share them with the world.

STAGE CREDITS

[Toronto]
Toronto Production, 2004
Ensemble

[London Fringe]
London Concert, 2000
Sancho Panza

[Canada]
Toronto Production, 1995
Other Roles

[Canada]
World Premiere, 1994
Performer


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2021-22 Concert Season Begins At The Royal Conservatory Of Music

Over 90 concerts in uniquely curated series, including Quiet Please There's a Lady on Stage and TD Jazz Concerts: Jazz From Around the World to piano, vocal, chamber, and string concerts, featuring the world's top musicians, are planned for 2021.22.
The Royal Conservatory Announces 2021/22 Concert Season

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 13th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.
The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company Launches The Barlin-Daniels Emerging Artists Initiative

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company in conjunction with Artists in Residence has announced the launch of 'The Barlin-Daniels Emerging Artists Initiative,' a new endeavour to support, nourish and encourage the development of a new generation of theatre artists.
The Royal Conservatory Of Music's 2020-21 Concert Season Announced

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 12th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.
BIG GIRL & Friends Will Stream Live Daily on YouTube to Support the Actors' Fund Of Canada

Toronto Musical Concerts (TMC) Artistic Producer, Christopher Wilson and Associate Director, Ryan Kelly offer a daily YouTube Live stream, BIG GIRL & Friends supporting The AFC (Actors' Fund of Canada) beginning Monday, March 23.
Segal Centre Presents Louise Pitre In THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

The Segal Centre is thrilled to be welcoming back Tony nominee and 4-time Dora winner Louise Pitre and W. Joseph Matheson (as seen in 2018's hit The Angel and the Sparrow) for a concert celebration of Jewish musical artists of the 60s. Directed by Avery Saltzman, The Times They Are a Changin' will be rocking the Sylvan Adams Theatre from March 1 to March 22, 2020. 
BILLY SCHWARTZ Invited to Perform at the Harold Green Jewish Theatre in Toronto

After winning the four most important awards at the Israel Theatre Awards and accumulated a loyal fan base, Haifa Theatre received an official invitation to present the musical 'Billy Schwartz' at the next summer season of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre in Toronto. The musical will be performed in front of thousand of viewers from all across Canada and North America.
2015 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards Update - KINKY BOOTS is Kicking It!

Voting is fully underway for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Toronto Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 11. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.
BWW Review: HGJTC's THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE is Sheer Perfection

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when walking into Therefore Choose Life, a new play based on a true story by Broadway leading man Jake Epstein and his mother Kathy Kacer, produced by The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company. The play is about a man (Joseph, played by Avery Saltzman) who is married during the holocaust, and presumes his wife dead after being separated in a concentration camp. After the war he moves to Toronto and eventually remarries and has a son, never forgetting the love he lost. Thirty years later, just before his 25th wedding anniversary, he learns his first wife is alive and coming to see him. 
Jake Epstein to Premiere New Work THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE in Toronto

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company will present the world premiere of mother and son writing team, Kathy Kacer and Jake Epstein's THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, which will also launch the company's residency at the new Greenwin Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
BWW Reviews: The 'STARS OF DAVID' Shine Brighter Than the Sun at the Toronto Centre

It's no secret that there are more Jews in Musical Theatre than stars in the sky - and the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, along with Angelwak Theatre are shouting it from the rooftop of the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts.
Harold Green Jewish Theatre & AngelWalk Theatre Present Canadian Premiere of STARS OF DAVID, Now thru June 1

Harold Green Jewish Theatre and Angelwalk Theatre are excited to be working together in producing the Canadian Premiere of Stars of David. Fresh off its Off-Broadway run, this is the first major production of this exciting new musical, written by an all-star line-up of Broadway's best.
Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company & AngelWalk Theatre to Present Canadian Premiere of STARS OF DAVID, May 10-June 1

Harold Green Jewish Theatre and Angelwalk Theatre are excited to be working together in producing the Canadian Premiere of Stars of David. Fresh off its Off-Broadway run, this is the first major production of this exciting new musical, written by an all-star line-up of Broadway's best.
BWW Interview: FUNNY GIRL Gabi Epstein

Toronto, you are in for a treat. The iconic musical FUNNY GIRL will be brought to life for 'One Night Only' this coming Monday night September 30th.Toronto's own Gabi Epstein stars as Fanny Brice in the role that catapulted a young actress and singer named Barbara Streisand to super-stardom nearly a half-century ago. BWW's Jeff Madden digs deep within Gabi to discover just how little separates Epstein from Brice from Streisand.
Angelwalk Theatre Opens 2013-14 Season with TICK, TICK...BOOM! Tonight

Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick...BOOM!
Angelwalk Theatre to Open 2013-14 Season with TICK, TICK...BOOM!, Begin. 9/21

Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick...BOOM!
Casting Announced for FUNNY GIRL CONCERT at the Toronto Centre - Gabi Epstein, Shawn Wright and More!

Casting has been announced for the Harold Green Jewish Theatre's production of Funny Girl, being presented in concert as a fundraiser in the George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on September 30th at 7:30 PM.
Photo Flash: Talk Is Free Theatre's YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Fundraiser

After a triumphant fundraising performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund in 2010, Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) followed up with a fundraising, concert performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The performance was held on Sunday, February 10 at 8PM at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Historic Distillery District in Toronto and raised over 30k! Scroll below for photos from the event!
NAZI HUNTER Opens Harold Green Jewish Theatre's 2012-13 Season Tonight, Oct 9

David Eisner and Avery Saltzman, co-Artistic Directors of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, Toronto's only professional theatre company established to celebrate, illuminate and share Jewish culture, today announced their 2012/2013 season.
NAZI HUNTER, FALSETTOS and More Set for Harold Green Jewish Theatre's 2012-13 Season

David Eisner and Avery Saltzman, co-Artistic Directors of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, Toronto's only professional theatre company established to celebrate, illuminate and share Jewish culture, today announced their 2012/2013 season.

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