Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

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Cast Size

1w, 2m
Duration

90 minutes
Subgenre

Fables/Folktales, Docudrama/Historic, Faith-based
Target Audience

Adult

Accolades

Nominee: 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Nominee: 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Nominee: 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

Details

Summary

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a humorously dark folk tale woven together with a high-energy concert. This music/theatre hybrid starring international Klezmer sensation Ben Caplan is inspired by the true stories of Jewish Romanian refugees coming to Canada in 1908. It's about how to love after being broken by the horrors of war. It's about looking into the eyes of God.

History

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story was originally produced by 2b theatre company in co-production with the National Arts Centre at The Waiting Room in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 4, 2017. It was first produced in the US at 59E59 Theaters, in New York on March 8, 2018.

Cast Attributes

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Performing Groups

Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

THE WANDERER – Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica & Vocals
CHAYA – Violin & Vocals
CHAIM – Clarinet, Saxophone, Spoons & Vocals
ACCORDIONIST – Keyboard, Accordion & Vocals
DRUMMER – Drums & Vocals

NOTE: CHAYA and CHAIM speak with Jewish inflection.

Time Period 1900-1910
Setting Canada. 1908.
Features Period Costumes
Duration 90 minutes
Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes

Media

“The Old Stock experience becomes irresistible, borne along on a tide of brilliant klezmer music and original song that links us to an old world, and helps us to live joyfully in a new one.” – Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman

“Richly humorous, wildly entertaining and deeply moving.” – The Globe and Mail, Read More

“A work of mingled genres and strong flavors… mixes bitter herbs with apples and honey.” – The New York Times, Read More

Music

Music Samples

1. "The Traveler's Curse" – The Wanderer
1a. Welcome, Welcome! – Instrumental
1b. Are You From Romania? – Instrumental
2. "You've Arrived" – The Wanderer
2a. Do You Want To Marry Me? – Instrumental
3. "Truth Doesn't Live In A Book" – The Wanderer, Chaya & Chaim
4. "Od Yishama" – The Wanderer
4a. You Were Yochay's Second Choice – Instrumental
5. Wanderer's Bulgar – Instrumental
6. "Minimum Intervals" – The Wanderer
6a. Know Each Other – Instrumental
6b. A Crack Opens Up – Instrumental
7. "Plough The Shit" – The Wanderer
8. " Now Is The Quiet" – The Wanderer & Chaya
8a. The Road To Russia – Instrumental
8b. It's Raining – Instrumental
9. "Fledgling" – The Wanderer
9a. And Here's The Crack Again – Instrumental
10. "El Maleh Rachamim" – The Wanderer
10a. His Fever's Gone – Instrumental
11. "What Love Can Heartbreak Allow?" – The Wanderer, Chaim & Chaya
11a. Beh Sha'ah Tovah – Instrumental
12. "My Angels" – The Wanderer
13. Wanderer's Bulgar (Reprise) – Instrumental

Musical Style Folk
Vocal DemandsModerate
Orchestra Size Small/Combo
Chorus Size No Chorus

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1 Reed – Clarinet, Flute, Alto Sax & Wood Spoons
1 Violin
1 Guitar – Guitar, Banjo & Harmonica
1 Drums

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Authors

Hannah Moscovitch

Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright and TV writer whose work for the stage has been widely produced in Canada as well as around the world. Hannah been honoured with numerous awards, including the Trillium Book Award, both the Herald Angel and a Scotsburn Fri ...

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Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story