324. Rebekah Scallet: Artistic Director of the New Jewish Theater

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 12:44 a.m.

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About the New Jewish Theatre: The New Jewish, St. Louis\\u2019 Premier Small Professional Theatre, is dedicated to the exploration of universal themes and issues and the examination of the full range of the human experience filtered through the lens of the Jewish experience. Through the medium of theater, we build bridges of multicultural understanding, tolerance, communication and education. \\u2014\\u2014\\u2014

About Rebekah Scallet: Rebekah served as the Producing Artistic Director for the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, an Equity summer Shakespeare festival, from 2011 to 2020.\\xa0 During that time, she produced 32 plays and musicals, directed eight, and oversaw the creation of 2020\\u2019s \\u201cRevisiting Shakespeare,\\u201d an online festival celebrating and investigating Shakespeare and his work\\u2019s role and relevance today.\\xa0\\u2014\\u2014-

Notable accomplishments during her time at AST include: more than doubling AST\\u2019s audience size; expanding the performance season by one week; establishing a hugely successful educational touring program; and founding the AST Artistic Collective, a group of actors, designers, and directors who advise AST\\u2019s artistic process and are committed to AST as their creative home.\\xa0\\u2014\\u2014

Prior to her time with AST, Rebekah also worked as the Producing \\u2014\\u2014Associate and Literary Manager for Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, an Equity company based in Chicago with a mission of producing works by and about women\\u2019s lives. She also served as the Marketing Associate for Northlight Theatre in Skokie for four years.\\xa0\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014

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