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MARSHA BLOVOTNICK AND THE MARVELOUS MAGICAL CHICKEN SOUP
By Dan Kitrosser
​Marsha Blovotnick is angry. She's angry at the world. She's angry at her ex-wives. And she's very angry at her sister, who just invited herself over for Shabbat dinner. But while this leftist, Jewish lesbian reluctantly preps the challah, she is visited by a mysterious Ancient Ancestor bearing a pot of magic soup. Could this soup be the cure for what enrages her? Could it mend her relationships? Could this magical "Jewish penicillin" just possibly... heal the world?
From the brilliant local playwright who brought you Why This Night? and one of the Good For the Jews one-acts!
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At The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake, 302 S. Hicks Street, Philadelphia (Between Spruce and Pine Streets) ​​​​​
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March 12th, 7 pm (Opening Night)
March 13th, 7 pm
March 14th, 8 pm
March 15th, 2 pm
March 15th, 7 pm
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March 19th, 2 pm
March 19th, 7 pm
March 20th, 7 pm
March 21st, 8 pm
March 22nd, 7 pm
Eleni Delopoulos (ACTRESS I) (Chaya and others) is thrilled to make her Theater Ariel debut in a show that's so close to home and her family. Philly Theaters: Quintessence, Act II, Theater Horizon, Theater Exile, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, DTC, 3 Barrymore Nominations for Monster in the Hall and Radiant Vermin, Inis Nua. Selected Credits: Off-Broadway; A Stoop on Orchard Street, Tours: Hair in Italy, Mame in USA. Regional: Rona Spelling Bee (Alabama Shakespeare Theater), Annie (Fulton), Urinetown (Carousel), Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona alongside Jonathan Majors (Shakespeare & Co) and Into the Woods at Westport Playhouse and Center stage. Thank you Seth and Jesse for having me here!
Marcia Saunders (MRS. JOSEPH ADAMS) is pleased to be returning to Theatre Ariel where she was last seen in What’s Wrong With This Picture? A veteran of the Philadelphia stages, she has been a member of the Acting Company at The People's Light & Theatre since 1976. Also appearing on the stages of: The Arden, Lantern Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company and The Wilma. Thank you Jesse. Always a pleasure!!!
Alanna J. Smith (ACTRESS II) is a bicoastal Jewish actor/writer. Most recently, she played Hodel in the LA Revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Jason Alexander. Philly credits: The Wanderers (Lantern Theatre Company), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Young Frankenstein, Noises Off, A Funny Thing…Forum, A Comedy of Tenors, The Gifts of the Magi, The Importance of Being Earnest (Walnut Street Theatre) Beauty and the Beast (Media Theatre). TV/Film: “Love Afloat” (Amazon), “Chang Can Dunk” (Disney+), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS) “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz). Next: See her writing as part of Theatre Ariel’s Good For the Jews. www.alannajsmith.me @alannajsmith
