The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, a branch of the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, was founded in Montreal in 1958 by Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), a Soviet-Ukrainian-Jewish-Canadian actress, playwright, and theatre director.
The first play was The Innkeeper. WassermanDora Wasserman, The indefatigable founding director of Canada's only Yiddish theatre died at 84. directed over 70 plays over four decades. One review said that "the most successful of these was A Bintel Brief, based on immigrants' letters to the advice column of the Jewish Daily Forward",Jewish Women's Archive referring to a Yiddish newspaper.
The Dora Wasserman is one of the few remaining Yiddish theaters in the world.
See also Federation CJA Jews in Montreal
References
External links Theatre Web site Jewish Theatre.com article on the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Jewish Theatre.com obituary for Dora Wasserman Segal Centre for Performing Arts