The New Jewish Theatre

Awards

2009 Kevin Kline Nominations
Outstanding Actress in a Play: Kari Ely: SONIA FLEW
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Alan Knoll: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Travis Estes: BROOKLYN BOY
Outstanding Sound Design: Bobby Miller: BROOKLYN BOY
Outstanding Director of a Play: Bobby Miller: BROOKLYN BOY
Outstanding Production of a Play: BROOKLYN BOY

Kevin Kline Awards
2007: Outstanding Ensemble: "Kindertransport" & "Women's Minyan"
2007: Outstanding Supporting Actor: John Kinney, "What's Wrong with This Picture?"
2007: Outstanding Director: Doug Finlayson, "Kindertransport"
2006: Outstanding Actress: Donna Weinsting, “From Door to Door”
2005: Outstanding Supporting Actor: Gary Wayne Barker, “Driving Miss Daisy”

2007: St. Louis Magazine A-List Award Best Theatre Company

Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2008 – Best Ensemble, “Kindertransport”
What is the measure of ensemble acting? Sometimes it means that actors are breathing in sync and anticipating each other's smallest tics. But the ensemble acting in the New Jewish staging of Diane Samuels' British play Kindertransport was of a different nature. In telling the story of a young Jewish girl who in 1939 was shipped from Hamburg to Manchester, England, to escape persecution, the play asked probing questions about dislocation and the guilt of survival. Margeau Baue Steinau portrayed the child's German mother, Kari Ely was the child's adoptive mother in England and Kat Singleton played the child as an adult. Although these three veteran actresses were rarely onstage together — and although their various plot lines were 40 years apart — because these three were so in sync with the story they were telling, they shared the dramatic load as if they were runners in a long-distance relay, passing the baton to one another from scene to scene.

Reviews

Chaim’s Love Song

The Last Seder

Sabina

Sonia Flew

Conversations with My Father

The People’s Violin

The Last Five Years

Brooklyn Boy

Accolades

“Take a skinhead on trial for killing a Pakistani Immigrant…a Jewish legal aid lawyer.  You know where this one’s going, don’t you?  Why cover this territory again?  Cherry Docs is why.” —Bob Wilcox - KDHX

“New Jewish is an undisputed success story.  Over the past decade, artistic director Kathleen Sitzer has assembled a support staff comprising many of the area’s most talented actors, directors and designers.” —Dennis Brown - Riverfront Times

“Director Doug Finlayson has pulled off a little miracle of his own by shepherding 11 people around the small stage at Clayton High School’s Little Theatre.  This is, without question, one of the best ensembles I’ve seen in St. Louis” —Andrea Braun - KDHX

“With Sonia Flew New Jewish Theatre delivers MUST-SEE THEATRE.  In the title role, Kari ely…creates an indelible portrait…It is an enthralling performance.” —Dennis Brown - Riverfront Times