Rivka did double duty and played two vastly different characters in Adam Kraar’s reading of Sputnik in Suburbia – a deeply unhappy 1950s housewife and Laika, the Russian dog sent shuttling through space. The reading was hosted by Boomerang Theatre Company.
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Stephanie Swirsky and Tasha Gordon-Solomon collab again!
This summer, Rivka was supposed to star in Stephanie Swirsky’s hilarious play Don’t Do This to Us! directed by Tasha Gordon-Solomon. Then 2020 happened. Soooo… Stephanie wrote a play about us trying to perform the play, and then we put that play up on Zoom. Very meta, and very, very funny.
Jonathan Spector Workshop w/ Portland Stage
Rivka workshopped Jonathan Spector’s new play What Comes Next directed by Cait Robinson as part of Portland Stage’s Little Festival of the Unexpected.
New Georges Workshops
Rivka recently workshopped two of Tori Keenan-Zelt’s new plays with New Georges: Taxidermy Play directed by Portia Krieger and JonBenet Game directed by Larissa Lury.
Desdemona @ Bay Street Theater
This September, Rivka plays Desdemona in OTHELLO at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. Co-directed by Antón Armendariz and Andrew Bell, this production will enmesh Shakespeare’s play with Verdi’s opera for a full theatrical experience. More information here and tickets available here.
Argument Sessions, WiT Festival
Rivka returned to the cast of Argument Sessions to perform in a workshop production of an immersive devised theatre piece based on the Supreme Court case Shelby v. Holder. Argument Sessions places audiences in the middle of our country’s most important legal battles. This ensemble-driven, transcript-meets-cabaret event weaves verbatim US Supreme Court argument transcripts and… Read more »
Young Playwrights Festival @ The O’Neill
Rivka is headed back to the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for her seventh Young Playwrights Festival, where short plays written by middle and high schoolers are staged by professional actors, directors and designers over one magical weekend. It’s always her favorite weekend of the year! This time around she’ll be working on Good Opportunity, directed by… Read more »
Ella in the Tundra @ the Ford Studio, Signature
Next up I play Dr. Ella Sinta in ELLA IN THE TUNDRA by Marianna Staroselsky, directed by Daniella Caggiano. ELLA IN THE TUNDRA is Marianna’s Columbia MFA Playwriting Thesis. The play follows Ella, a world class fertility doctor, who specializes in the latest cryo-freezing technologies and also happens to be every cursed princess’s fairy godmother…. Read more »
Off B’Way: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Rivka joins Shake and Bake‘s Love’s Labour’s Lost understudying all the women in the show. Let the battle of wits BEGIN! Love’s Labour’s Lost runs until January 6th. Tickets can be found here. “A pure unadulterated delight”- THE DAILY BEAST “Joyous, inventive, and thoroughly irreverent”- THEATERMANIA “They are amazing! The best time out I have… Read more »
Reading @ Ensemble Studio Theatre
Rivka will play the Young Woman in a reading Adam Kraar’s OCEAN PARKWAY ON ROSH HASHANAH, directed by Tasha Gordon-Solomon. The reading is part of Ensemble Studio Theater’s Memberfest, which are open readings of works in progress of EST Member Artists. The story goes… An upwardly mobile man jogs down Ocean Parkway, stumbling on his… Read more »