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Purim Shpiels Written by
Rabbi Richard Agler and Cantor Stephanie Shore
Purim Shpiels Written by Cantor Stephanie Shore
Purim Shpiels Written by Cantor Jan Sheer, Aley Sheer & Cantor Stephanie Shore
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Testimonials
Just wanted to tell you that we never managed to run the
purim shpiel
'night at the opera' last year through a number of
circumstances, so we
ran it this year. It was a huge success, played to
a sold out audience,
and we cleared costs (including a lunch) at $8.00 a
head. I suspect we
will be in touch for another play in the near future.
Regards,
Jim Stevens
Chair, Or Shalom
Theatre Troupe
We had a great Purim! (Beatles)
Its the first time we did a shpiel (we did it for
faculty). People loved it and it will be the springboard
to doing an all
school shpiel next year! Many thanks!!
Rabbi Andy Hechtman
As in the past two years, we thoroughly enjoyed doing
the shpiel and our congregants had a great time watching
and participating!
Francie Nobleman. VP Ritual
Your schpiel was great fun and the CD you sent along
with it was a God
send. It made the whole thing possible.
Maybe next time you'll do
another CD with just the instrumentals. Because we
usually do our
schpiel on the closest Sunday we don't have any
musicians because they
also play in church. So we sang and danced with
your CD with the vocals
along with our own. It was a little confusing at
times. But well worth
it. Thanks again for putting together a script and
package that was so
professionally done!!!
Cantor Nancy R. Ginsberg, M.S.W.
The Purimshpiel went very well. All enjoyed it.
I dressed as Sgt.
Pepper (the John Lennon variety), and all had a good
time. Thank you
for your help.
Rabbi Michael L. Kramer
This was our second year using one of your shpiels -
they are fantastic!
Last year we did, "Schmaltz"
and this year we did "What's Happening in
Shushan: A Guys and Dolls Purim" which we renamed, "Maidels
and
Menschen." I love the fact that you send out the script
on disk, so we
can edit it for the number of cast members we need. It
also makes it
easy to add in jokes for our shul. The CDs help the cast
members learn
the songs, and make my life easier!
Thank you so much for another great year!
Cantor Jessica Epstein
Very enjoyable. Easy
rehearsals. Staff had a great time performing and
families and kids really loved the music of the Beatles.
Judy Grundfast, Music Specialist
My congregation loved the Motown groove. Having
prepared CDs to give out
to the cast made the teaching process more efficient
and ensured that
everyone had their songs memorized.
Rachelle Shubert, Director of Music,
Cantorial Soloist
We presented the Beach Boychicks to a sold out crowd
and it was
extremely successful. It is something that our
community needed very
much. You all are so talented! We are
all smiling. What can I say? The entire
Beach boys Purim experience was nothing but
FUN FUN FUN!
We had dormant thespians from the community coming
out of the woodwork
to try out. Achashverosh, Mordechai,
Esther......all were wonderful.
We haven't had any organized theatrical productions
performed through
our centre in ten years or more. To open with
a shpiel featuring Beach
Boys music proved to be just what our community was
looking for. We saw
200 people come through our doors and, yes, we had
to turn people away.
Kudos to you and your writing team for a magnificent
effort. I'm sure
your creativity has brought pleasure to many
communities. We hope to
celebrate next year with
another shpiel. Our
biggest challenge is
deciding which one!
Thanks.
Roslyn Wollock, Adult Program Manager
Cantor Stephanie Shor's Purim shpiels are exciting,
upbeat, involving
and quite user friendly. The quality of recording
production for her CD
learning kit is impressive and outstanding. I would
highly recommend
her shpiels for a good time and a good cause.
Cantor Steve Sher
Megillah on the Roof! Where shall I begin? The script,
music and lyrics
were wonderful. Our Rebbetzin said, "In her greatest
imagination she
never expected a production of such caliber."
On a personal note I
would like to thank you for offering such a vast
array of professionally scripted material to the
Jewish Community. It was
undoubtedly Divine Providence directing me to your
website. And to have found you
literally, right around the corner, was a blessing.
I do hope we have the opportunity to meet
someday. With sincere
gratitude,
Shayna
Thanks to purimshpiels.com, we were able to provide the
perfect
centerpiece for this year's Purim Celebration! Our
congregation had
never held a full "Purim Shpiel," and the event was a great
success.
Just one week after Purim, we are already making plans for
an expanded
Shpiel next year!
Mark Overbeck
On behalf of
the Ritual Committee here at Temple Emanuel, we want to
thank you for
making our Purim celebration so wonderful.
Using your
"Lion King" shpiel was a wonderful way to get so many of
our
congregants
and their families involved. We played to a "packed
house",
including our
entire Sunday School, and the Show got "rave reviews".
We have every
intention of selecting another shpiel to do next Purim.
Tami Brody, Ritual Committee
Our purim shpiel was fabulous,
the kids the adults, everyone had a great time. We got
compliments that it was the best Purim Shpiel that they had
seen.
Cantor
Jacqueline Breines
"We
had a cast of about 10 and all of us thoroughly enjoyed
performing the spiel entitled "Shmaltz - A Greasy Purim."
Your CD was terrific with
wonderful voices and very clever lyrics! It allowed us to put on
the shpiel with only 2 rehearsals (neither of which had all
"actors" in attendance!). Despite our lack of practice, the play
came off as a smashing success! Everyone who came participated
in some way (we handed out the lyrics to the first and last
songs so the "audience" could join in) and it was an incredibly
freilach festival celebration. All agreed that it was a
wonderful way to celebrate Purim."
Francie Robins,
Nobleman VP Ritual
"I am happy to report to you
that your Spongebob Shpiel was a great hit for this season!
We had about 20 kids involved and choreographed them to
dance as well as sing the numbers. It was a great success. I
will surely call upon your skills for next season as well.
This was a great shpiel for very young kids. Thanks, again,
for the gift of your creativity and talent. Again, brava to
you for your creative achievements."
Cantor Steve Sher
"I must say that it was a
fantastic evening. With excellent publicity we had
more than 3x the normal number of attendees this
year. Your shpiel provided an excellent show filled
with cast members of all ages. The songs were fun
and lively, and allowed us to explore our freedoms
in choreography. I received dozens of compliments on
the script and the acting. The 100 dollars was money
well spent. It is not entirely my decision, however,
I hope that we use your company again. I can not
tell you how wonderful the evening went. It was one
of the most successful evenings in our community in
years. Your shpiel has helped bring some new light
to our community. The theme was amazing with
excellent lyrics and good energy! Thank you so much
for your help and for providing our community with
such a wonderful gift!
Shalom,"
Jeff Rosenheck,
Youth
Group President
"Our Purim shpiel went very well. It was performed by our 7th/8th grade
youth group--all boys. While we didn't have as
many rehearsals as I would have liked and not
all of our performers knew who the Beatles were, they were very cute and very well received
(the parents certainly appreciated the Beatles
parody-aspect of it!). I appreciated having your cleverly rhyming
script to work from. I realized only after Purim
had come and gone (and the reviews were two
thumbs way up!) that we have done some creative
Purim shpiels before, but not musical parodies
(believe it or not). So, working with your
material was a great way for us to get initiated
into what the rest of the world has been doing
for years. I'm sure we'll be surfing your
website next year for our next
attempt!"
"It went very nicely and
was very well received. As the director of the
shpiel, I can say it was
very nice to have everything together and easy to
follow."
Joel Edelson,
Board Member
"We hardly had a lot
of time to do any preparation - well, actually,
none at all! In spite of that, however, it went
down really well. I thought it was splendidly
written - both the prose and the songs. Very
clever adn ingenious...... I did a songsheet so
that all the congregation and we - the
congregation - sang the songs. Everybody said
how much they enjoyed and like it."
"We had great success
with the "Shushan Shrek" - The CD 'saved' our
pitiful voiceovers and it was well received from
audience (our wonderfully adaptive narrators
sounding like "gingerbread man" and the "Queen of
Hearts" had us all in stitches).
Many Thanks and Be Well!"
Lisa Stern,
Religious/Hebrew Schools Director
"The kids did the Marx
brother's play as readers' theatre .
We had a great time with it though and the parents
and visitors enjoyed the play followed by a potluck dinner.
Thanks.
L'Shalom."
Cantor Birdie Becker
"The shpiel was great and
we had alot of fun. We especially enjoyed the lyrics
and the adaptaion to the music. I would recommend
this to any of my fellow cantors.
Thanks again."
"Thank you so much
for helping make this year's Purim Shpiel such a
huge success! Our congregation, Temple Rodeph Torah
in Western Monmouth County, NJ, was entertained
with the production of "Schmaltz...A Greased
Purim". Everyone enjoyed the Shpiel! The CD's that
you provided were so helpful to our cast members,
which consisted of both adults and children. The
music was great and we had everyone clapping along
to the popular tunes. Thank you again for providing
us with such a fun script! "
Robbin Friedell,
congregant, member of TRT Board of Directors, and
Purim Shpiel Director
"Our Purim Shpiel went
well. We did the Lion King. Congregation Beth
Israel-Judea in San
Francisco. The play was well received, got lots of
Linda Park,
Synagogue Administrator
"First, my congregation did your Motown Megillah last
week. It is brilliant and so much fun. My kipah is off to you for the
talent that you obviously have. If the other congregations that have
used it got as much joy as our community did, you are responsible for
whole lot of simcha in the Jewish world."
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Founder/President
"The Motown tunes really encouraged even
congregants who'd never considered singing on stage to become part of
the performance.... The audience really got into the performance, the
response was wildly enthusiastic.
“We presented
your “Motown Purim shpiel” yesterday evening and it was a
tremendous success. All the cast members enjoyed doing it, and the
congregation really got into the spirit of the evening. There were
nothing but rave reviews at the oneg after the performance.”
Cantor Susan Cohen DeStefano
“Thank you so
much for sharing your Purim Shpiel with our congregation. It was just
the right length and allowed our small congregation to have a shpiel
that was easy to perform and provided a lot of laughs. The music
required little practice for our non-professional singers and the total
effect was great.”
Laura S. Minor,
Coordinating Secretary
“My husband and
I, Scott Fergang and the cast had a fabulous time rehearsing and
performing the shpiel. We were pleasantly surprised that the
children were quiet, being attentive to the music, comedy and words of
the shpiel. Many commented how much the enjoyed the performance
of “Megillah on the Roof”. It was definitely a success. We look
forward to performing more of your shpiels in the future.”
Cantor Barbra
Lieberstein
“Thank you so
much for your great talent. The “Finding Nemo shpiel” went
great. Kudos to you and we look forward to next years hit songs”
Cantor Rachelle
Nelson
“Shushan Shrek”
was the best Purim ever. They LOVED the music!!!!! Cannot thank you
enough.”
For the last several years, we have
purchased Cantor Shore's Purim Spiels. Our congregants look forward
each year to the "top 40's" tunes with the Purim lyrics. These spiels
are incredibly clever and are the primary reason for our success on this
chag."
Cantorial
Intern Lisa Segal
“Conregation
Etz Hayim thoroughly enjoyed the song purchased from
Purimshpiels.com.”
Rabbi Lia Bass
“Our Purim
celebration was so much fun. Your “Rock and Roll Megillah” went
over wonderfully well.”
Cantor Marsha
Fensin
"This
year we used a wonderful Shpiel that was silly, funny, great 50s
and old rock 'n' roll. The kids loved the dialogue and we used the
karaoke music so we could sing along. It was a whole "happening". My
rabbi dressed as Elvis and it worked really well."
"It was our first Purim Shpiel and a huge
success using your Megillah...Around the Clock. The songs were
easy to learn, two rehearsals and we felt we "owned it!" Everyone
sang along, and the players loved it as well as the congregation.
I am ready to learn another one! Send it on!"
Cantor Debbie
Katchko Gray
"Megillah around the
Clock" had a wonderful selection of songs. The music was lively
and spirited and the audience thoroughly enjoyed it!
Margie Gutnik
“I am writing
to tell you that my synagogue’s performance of “Schmaltz…A
Greased Purim” was a success! We had a wide range of participants from
kids in grade school to retirees. Everyone was accompanied by the
tape(CD) you provided. It was a very uplifting and unifying
experience.”
Cantor Sharon Hordes
"We had a wonderful evening - The shpiel was a huge
success!"
"We had an AWESOME time at my house sharing your
shpiel in my living room! Everyone sang along with the Beatles CD
and we even had a guest guitarist do a solo of Imagine. In fact,
some of our members wrote you a few handwritten notes which I'll
type here for you. Feel free to use any of our comments on your
website. This was a great way to celebrate Purim with every age
group."
"We
celebrated Purim at Congregation of Liberal Judaism like never
before thanks to your wonderful purimspiel "Megillah...Around the
Clock". Young and old alike were on their feet by the end of the
production. The inter generational cast had a blast, too! Looking
forward to next year!"
Cantorial Intern Jacqueline Rawiszer
"We had a wonderful time this year with the
Megillah Around The Clock spiel. The congregation as well as the
participants thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The script was great
and the CD made it easy to perform."
"We had a wonderful time with your purim
shpiel. This is only the second time that we have done
it and our congregation is clamoring for another one
next year."
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