Theatre Schmooze is a new monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Hosted by Danielle Levsky, Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre.

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman.

Launch date: Thursday, March 18, 2021.

Welcome to Theatre Schmooze (Promo #1)

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 1 with Emily Mann

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future. Season 1, Episode 1 with Emily Mann.


Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. 

The podcast launched on Thursday, March 18 with our first episode and guest: Tony-nominated playwright, director, screenwriter and former Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre Center, Emily Mann. Tune in as she and Danielle discuss Gloria: A Life, Emily's work on Holocaust theatre, and women's rights issues. 

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.

CW: discussions of sexual violence, anti-semitism, and Nazi slogans abound.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 1 with Emily Mann

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 2 with Kimberly Senior

Episode 2 dropped on Thursday, April 15, 2021 with our second guest: Kimberly Senior, a Jewish woman director of Disgraced, Sheltered, and The Whipping Man. Tune in as she and Danielle discuss Jewish representation and identity in theatre.

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future.


Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. 

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Danny Debner, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 2 with Kimberly Senior

Episode 3 dropped on Monday, May 31, 2021 with our third guest: Yehudah Jai Husband, a Black, Jewish, Queer theatre producer, playwright, and NAACP award-winning animator. Tune in as Yehudah and Danielle discuss race, racism, antisemitism, and how Yehudah’s numerous intersections have informed his life and work.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 3 with Yehudah Jai Husband

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 4 with Jeremy Aluma

Episode 4 dropped on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 with our fourth guest: Jeremy Aluma, an award-winning, Jewish-American theatre director and producer of Iraqi descent and Executive Director of Alliance for Jewish Theatre. Tune in as Jeremy and Danielle discuss Jewish identity, antisemitism, and Jeremy’s clown production of the Abraham & Isaac story that was performed in São Paulo, Brazil.

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future.


Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. 

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Danny Debner, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 4 with Jeremy Aluma

Episode 5 dropped on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 with our fifth guest: Rebecca Taichman, theatre director and the 2017 winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction for her work on Indecent by Paula Vogel. Tune in as Rebecca and Danielle discuss Jewish identity, past and future productions of Indecent, and how the theatre industry needs to move forward.

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future.


Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. 

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Danny Debner, Lawrence Goodman, and Danielle Levsky, with assistance from Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Mindy Leanse. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 5 with Rebecca Taichman

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 6 with Alex Chester

Episode 6 dropped on Thursday, August 19, 2021 with our sixth guest: Alex Chester, a Jewish and Asian Actor, Writer, Podcaster, Influencer, and Producer and the Editor-in-Chief of Mixed Asian Media Fest. Tune in as Alex and Danielle discuss diversifying Jewish performance spaces, sharing stories from mixed AAPI performers, Jewish and Asian identity and their intersections, and inclusivity efforts being made in both communities.

Theatre Schmooze, an all-new, monthly podcast from Alliance for Jewish Theatre where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future.


Hosted by Danielle Levsky (AJT Board Member, writer, clown, performer, producer, and theatre journalist), Theatre Schmooze will feature one-on-one conversations with artists that will illuminate the heart, soul, and diversity of contemporary Jewish theatre. 

Theatre Schmooze is an Alliance for Jewish Theatre program, produced by Jeremy Aluma, Danny Debner, and Danielle Levsky. Our theme music is by Ilya Levinson and Alex Koffman, and our logo was created by Michelle Shapiro.

Theatre Schmooze: Season 1, Episode 6 with Alex Chester

Theatre Schmooze is Alliance for Jewish Theatre’s brand new podcast where we chat with Jewish theatre makers from around the world about their art, Judaism, and vision for theater’s future.