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By LANICE WAITES
The Passover Seder service traditionally combines bursts of good humor, serious observations on Jewish life, lofty poetry and playful songs. "Next Year Jerusalem”, the latest presentation by the Rappahannock Players, succeeded in bringing this traditional combination to the stage of the Gay Street Theater for three performances this past weekend.
Written and directed by Carla Eugster, “Next Year Jerusalem”, subtitled “A Poetic Drama of Ideas”, gave to the Blue Ridge audience a universal theme of freedom, channeled through the vehicle of traditional Jewish culture, both on a ceremonial and intellectual level. .i
oY nie Passover supper gave us a forum for an ongoing discussion of different kinds of personal and public freedom. The diversity of the characters themselves, all joined at the sabbath table, provided the food for individual thoughts and ideas. Ms. Eugster’s background as a published poet is in evidence as the subtitle “poetic drama” suggests. It is an enormous task to both write a script and direct the production itself. Carla Eugster has given her community a great deal of personal and professional effort to give us her auddience, her perceptions of these freedoms.
Many different talents in our community were in evidence in the production: acting, choreography, musical and technical.
Judy Bomberger deserves plaudits for her musical direction. She was given the task of creating harmonies for four voices and three instruments, in addition to all of the harmonies for the cast. She succeeded most effectively. As always, it was a treat to see the choreographic influence of Sally Nash. Julie Coon, in her first public dance effort, brought a fluidity and
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