Weaver is a playwright, actor, director, oral storyteller, Yiddish translator and union stagehand who lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. They are the co-artistic director of The People's Puppet Parade (a Yiddish processional theatre collective) and are currently translating and adapting Sholem Asch's drama "Shabbtai Tsvi" for immersive performance.
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A. C. Weaver
RELATED ARTICLES
Interview
Reclaiming Aspects of the Jewish Past and Remixing Them: An Interview with Performance Artist Julie Weitz
A. C. Weaver and Julie Weitz
Weaver interviewed Julie Weitz about her ongoing Doikayt project: A series of ritualistic, improvisational performances at Jewish sites across Eastern Europe.
Apr 05, 2024
Texts & Translation
New Yiddish Poetry from the Israel-Gaza War
Zackary Sholem Berger, Tal Hever-Chybowski, Eli Sharfstein, Miriam Trinh, Refaat Alareer and Ber Kotlerman
Translation by Zackary Sholem Berger, A. Z. Foreman, David Forman, Jessica Kirzane and A. C. Weaver
A collection of recent Yiddish poetry published and performed in the wake of the war.
Feb 15, 2024
Texts & Translation
צוויי לידער
Two Poems
Rokhl Kramf
Translation by A. C. Weaver
Poems from Volkns viln veynen by Rokhl Kramf.
Mar 12, 2021
Texts & Translation
פֿון לאַנד שװינדזוכט
From The Land of Consumption
Shloyme Gilbert
Translation by A. C. Weaver and David Weaver
Shloyme Gilbert’s haunting, atmospheric vignette based on his own experiences in a sanatorium.
Nov 13, 2019