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FolksbienRU’s ‘DOM №’ Is A Cool And Immersive Passover Event — But Is It For English Speakers?

JL;DR SUMMARY "DOM," an immersive theatrical experience staged by FolksbieneRU and the Lost & Found Project, blends Soviet-era themes with the Jewish festival of Passover, creating a unique intersection of history and culture. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PassoverJewish IdentitySoviet UnionTheaterFreedomRussian LanguageCultural ExpressionMultilingual PerformanceAlienation EffectImmersive Experience

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"walking at my leisure through the various partitions of the room split up by curtains and the spaces natural divisions (enviable New York bedrooms) I felt palpably what Brecht translator John Willet termed the Alienation Effect."
Russian Federation
"This immersive theater show, conceived by Lost & Founds Rebecca Karpovsky and Anya Zicer, promised to provide viewers with a Passover-timed meditation on slavery and freedom through the trappings of the USSR."
France
"Baldwin, who left the United States for France, was presented in an audio montage alongside exiled poet Joseph Brodsky and Sylva Zalmanson and Eduard Kuznetzov, a married couple who tried to flee the Soviet Union for Israel by hijacking a plane."
Israel
"Baldwin, who left the United States for France, was presented in an audio montage alongside exiled poet Joseph Brodsky and Sylva Zalmanson and Eduard Kuznetzov, a married couple who tried to flee the Soviet Union for Israel by hijacking a plane."

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