Jonathan creates theatrical experiences for children and families that invite participation, engage the senses, and generate wonder.
His theatrical works for children and families have been experienced by thousands of people at major arts venues across the country.
Theatrical Projects for Children and Families
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Across the Sand: A Passover Theatrical Experience
2023/2024, Northbrook Theatre
Director/Book and Lyrics
Across the Sand transports audience members to Ancient Egypt for an interactive retelling of the Passover story complete with live music and tabletop puppetry.
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Wake Up, Brother Bear
2023, Northbrook Theatre
Director
Wake Up, Brother Bear is a unique, intimate production for children ages 5 and under, exploring a full year of glorious seasons complete with butterflies, fish, fireflies and honey bees brought to life through puppetry and play.
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Aggadah Adventures
2018-2020, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Creator
A series of immersive, multi-sensory, and educational performances bringing Jewish text to life through sensory storytelling, and giving participants an active role in telling the story as it unfolds.
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The Boy at the Edge of Everything
2016, Lincoln Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Original Director
This epic story, written by acclaimed Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer, took audiences on a journey through time and space to the edges of the universe along with hero Simon Ives.
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Up and Away
2015, Lincoln Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Lead Artist/Director
Children and their families experience a multi-sensory ride through clouds in Up and Away, an immersive production designed specifically for neurodiverse young audiences.
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The Cerulean Time Capsule
2015, Kennedy Center / U.S. Botanic Garden
Co-Creator
A first-of-its-kind interactive and site-specific theatrical adventure performed inside and throughout the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory in Washington, D.C. about a time-traveling botanist who needs the audience’s help to stop a critical discovery from happening to save the world.
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The House of Ichabod Crane
2014, Park Avenue Armory / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Co-Creator
This immersive retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow took young audiences on an eerie journey from the hallowed revolutionary war battlegrounds of Brooklyn to the bewitching glen where the headless horseman may be found.
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Shadow Play
2012, University Settlement (2018-19 National Tour) / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Co-Creator
When his shadow runs away to the moon, Flash must go on an adventure to bring him home in this multimedia performance designed for children 2 to 5-years-old and their families.
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The Little One and the Sea of Letters
2011, Abrons Arts Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
Director
This new folktale filled with live music and puppetry told the story of a brave little girl who sets off on a voyage across the sea in search of her lost father and makes her way in a strange and unfamiliar new world.