Gary is the Executive Director of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre and a freelance Director and Playwright. He has directed the Australian premieres and National tours of
several large-scale commercial shows, as well as classic texts, contemporary plays, new Australian scripts, and devised projects. His work encompasses large scale
commercial plays and musicals, main-stage works, independent shows and self produced theatre projects.He recently won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Playwriting for ‘Yentl’ and has twice won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Direction. He is a recipient of the Grace Wilson Trust Award for writing, the Jim Marks Scholarship for Artistic Practice and the Mike Walsh Fellowship for directing.
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Gary Abrahams
Events
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SOLD OUT: Melbourne Jewish Book Week Literary Dinner, featuring Eleanor Reissa (US)
Don’t miss Melbourne Jewish Book Week’s inaugural literary dinner with international femme celebre, Eleanor Reissa — actress, songstress, director, playwright and author, in conversation with MC, Gary Abrahams, Executive Director of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre.