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The play, submitted to JET at the
advice
of an actor who knew both the
Special to The Jewish News
playwright and the people at JET, fol-
lows a once-brilliant conductor aided
ather-son relationships
exclusively by an only son until a care-
dominate the current writ-
giver is hired.
ings of playwright Ian
The woman, who has a mysterious
Strasfogel.
past
and questionable credentials,
about
to
be
pre-
The Caregiver,
sparks the conductor's musical soul,
miered by the Jewish Ensemble
rekindling his spirit with the excite-
Theatre, takes a two-generational look
ment of love. It's not
at adjusting to the early
very long, however, until
stages of Alzheimer's dis-
Directed by Evelyn
the three are forced to
ease. Remembering Tussie,
Orbach, "The Caregiver" confront the reality of
not quite completed,
features, left to right, Kate the father's problems.
takes on the separate rec-
Willinger, David Welber
Directed by Evelyn
ollections of parent and
and Sol Frieder.
Orbach, JET'S artistic
mature child.
director, The Caregiver
Strasfogel has been in
features Sol Frieder, whose lengthy New
town to lend a hand to the staging of
York career has placed him in theater,
The Caregiver, scheduled for April 28-
TV and films; Kate Willinger, another
May 30 at JET.
New York performer most recently seen
"The Caregiver is the result of my
at the Gem Theatre in I Love You, You'3,,1_)
firsthand observances of the effects of
Perfect — Now Change; and David
Alzheimer's," says Strasfogel, 59, who
Wolber, a local actor seen in JET's
came to playwrighting after a 30-year
Taking Sides and Never the Sinner.
career as a stage director of opera.
"This is not in any way a clinical
"The story is imagined and invented,
study, but it is extremely truthful and
but certainly the language, humor and
accurate," says Strasfogel, who drafted
astonishing vitality and versatility of
the work in 1995 and 1996 and then
the [main character] were based on
revised it after a series of readings
my daily dealings with my father in
before friends.
the early '90s.

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