Month: May 2022

Meet the Cast and Crew, #4: Al Cowger

Meet the Cast and Crew, #4: Al Cowger

I have two connections with this production of The Sparks Fly Upward. First, every time I hear a story about...

Meet the Cast and Crew, #3

Meet the Cast and Crew, #3

Lia Bendix As with many, if not most Jewish Americans, I grew up steeped in knowledge of and stories about...

Deutschland Erwache, Jude Verrecke (Germany Awake, Death to Jews)

Deutschland Erwache, Jude Verrecke (Germany Awake, Death to Jews)

by Cathy Lesser Mansfield Yesterday we rehearsed the opening scene of The Sparks Fly Upward. In this scene, the full...

“Questionable Issue,” an Exhibit on Concentration Camp Currency from the Cleveland Fed

“Questionable Issue,” an Exhibit on Concentration Camp Currency from the Cleveland Fed

The Sparks Fly Upward Foundation is pleased to borrow and display an extraordinary exhibit from the Federal Reserve Bank of...

The Oranienburgerstrasse (Neue) Synagogue

The Oranienburgerstrasse (Neue) Synagogue

by Cathy Lesser Mansfield This past weekend we rehearsed a Friday night Shabbat service scene in the The Sparks Fly...

Meet the Cast and Crew, #2: Sharon Shaffer

Meet the Cast and Crew, #2: Sharon Shaffer

In this series of posts, we’ll get to know the people in this production and their many connections with and...

Hard at work rehearsing

Hard at work rehearsing

With a only a few weeks to go, we are hard at work rehearsing. Blocking is beginning, and measurements have...

Meet the Cast and Crew, #1

Meet the Cast and Crew, #1

In this series of posts, we’ll get to know the people in this production and their many connections with and...