←Recommendations of Oklahoma Samovar

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen
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    Beautiful play that offers such a great look at some Jewish history and American history that few know. The heart of this play centers around ideas of legacy and connection that Cohen handles with grace, humor and marvelous characters who come to life full-blooded reminding me of the claims family hold. Moving work!

    Beautiful play that offers such a great look at some Jewish history and American history that few know. The heart of this play centers around ideas of legacy and connection that Cohen handles with grace, humor and marvelous characters who come to life full-blooded reminding me of the claims family hold. Moving work!

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  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen
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    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Oklahoma Samovar as a Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive process conducted by Premiere staff and an external panel to become distinguished among 805 submissions. The panel found this to be a moving memory play with vivid theatricality, deftly blending ghosts and puppetry to span a century. Our congratulations and thanks to Alice.

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Oklahoma Samovar as a Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive process conducted by Premiere staff and an external panel to become distinguished among 805 submissions. The panel found this to be a moving memory play with vivid theatricality, deftly blending ghosts and puppetry to span a century. Our congratulations and thanks to Alice.

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  • Cynthia L. (Cindy) Cooper: Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen
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    ‘Oklahoma Samovar’ by Alice Eve Cohen is a richly layered, multigenerational story that takes us across time and geography to show the history of one family, and, by extension, the diaspora of Jewish lives. We are carried along with deftly-written intercutting and stylistically imagined moments, all held together by a single container -- a samovar -- that is filled with legacies, hopes and dreams.

    ‘Oklahoma Samovar’ by Alice Eve Cohen is a richly layered, multigenerational story that takes us across time and geography to show the history of one family, and, by extension, the diaspora of Jewish lives. We are carried along with deftly-written intercutting and stylistically imagined moments, all held together by a single container -- a samovar -- that is filled with legacies, hopes and dreams.

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  • Jacquelyn Reingold: Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen
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    A big play with a lot heart, history, and surprises along the way. A Jewish family on a farm in Oklahoma? Yes, it's true! This unusual family crashes into another immigrant clan in Brooklyn. Sparks fly, cultures collide. Jews are not monolithic, thankfully, as sensitively written by Alice Eve Cohen. She brings joy, nuance, and warmth to this lovely play.

    A big play with a lot heart, history, and surprises along the way. A Jewish family on a farm in Oklahoma? Yes, it's true! This unusual family crashes into another immigrant clan in Brooklyn. Sparks fly, cultures collide. Jews are not monolithic, thankfully, as sensitively written by Alice Eve Cohen. She brings joy, nuance, and warmth to this lovely play.

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  • Jewish Plays Project: Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen
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    This play is such a treasure! Themes of Jewish identity are in the bones of Alice Eve Cohen’s work. This work features a buoyant spirit, unreliable narrators and a ton of fun theatricality to rope audiences in.

    This play is such a treasure! Themes of Jewish identity are in the bones of Alice Eve Cohen’s work. This work features a buoyant spirit, unreliable narrators and a ton of fun theatricality to rope audiences in.

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