Audio Play & Recipe Box
Supported by the 2020 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Grant
In the Kitchen premiered September - December 2020 as an audio play, paired with a mail order recipe box, curated by Annabel Rabiyah of Awafi Kitchen, in a one of a kind culinary-art experience. In the Kitchen written and performed by Hannah Aliza Goldman and directed and devised by Coral Cohen, was originally created as a multi-disciplinary theatrical event that uses live cooking, original music and recorded interviews to explore cross-generational Arab-Jewish womanhood.
Reservations closed as of December 1st 2020.
Highlighted Press
American Theater Magazine: Cook a Pastry, Take In a Play: The Virtual Home of ‘In the Kitchen’
Hey Alma: ‘In the Kitchen’ Is an Immersive, Delicious Exploration of Mizrahi Identity
Culturebot: In the Kitchen – an interview with Hannah Aliza Goldman & Coral Cohen
Playbill: 6 Interactive At-Home Plays to Watch (and Participate In) During the COVID-19 Shutdown
How It Works
The Audio Play
Listeners are led by Ms. Goldman through a tapestry of stories examining the intersections of Judaism and Arab culture, feminism, and culinary heritage.
Sound Designer, Carsen Joenk and Composer Anat Halevy Hochberg, work with Audio Engineer, Enat Ventura as the incredible audio team bringing together the pieces of the story Goldman + Cohen have painted. Additional Featured Voices Include: Rabbi Esther Azar, Coral Cohen, Florence Nasar, Annabel Rabiyah, Lola Jusidman Shoshana, Simha Tamar Toledano ...and anonymous voices.
The Recipe Box
Annabel Rabiyah of Awafi Kitchen curated a recipe that crosses between Judaism and Arab culture. The Audio Play compliments the listeners' experience, while they prepare Ba'aba Beh Tamur, a delicious Iraqi cookie, in the comfort of their homes.
Listeners received an originally designed box with ingredients to make the cookies while following the story of the Audio Play.
In The Kitchen 2020 Team
Directed and Devised by Coral Cohen
Written, Created + Performed by Hannah Aliza Goldman
Culinary Partner + Art Director: Annabel Rabiyah of Awafi Kitchen
Vocals, Original Compositions & Sound Design by Carsen Joenk
Original Compositions + Traditional Musical Curation by Anat Halevy Hochberg
Original Compositions & Audio Engineering by Enat Ventura
Production Stage Manager Rachel Denise April
Produced by Tatiana Baccari and Wednesday Derrico of Experimental Bitch Presents
Community Partners
Special thanks to our community partners, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Sephardi Mizrahi Q Network, and International Human Rights Art Festival, Muslim Jewish Solidarity Committee
Additional Press
Jewish Currents: Listen to This Excerpt from a New Audio Play About Arab-Jewish Cooking
Brooklyn Reader:: In the Kitchen Event
Tesco Food News: Creative Team Announced For Experimental Bitch’s Culinary Audio Play + Food Box: IN THE KITCHEN
Broadway World: Creative Team Announced For Experimental Bitch's Culinary Audio Play + Food Box: IN THE KITCHEN
Broadway World: Experimental Bitch Announces IN THE KITCHEN: An Interactive Audio Play And At-home Cooking Experience
In the Kitchen is supported in part by The Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Grant
