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The Actual Dance Performance History  & Venues

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More than 300 performances of The Actual Dance, through November, 2022
See  a sampling  of  performances and venues  below. 

Jewish  Performance  Venues:
  • Author Talk at Temple Beth Ami, Center Stage Shabbat, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD, 2022
  • Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA., 2021 (Zoom)
  • Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Of Religion, The Taube Family Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019
  • The Alliance for Jewish Theater in  Philadelphia, PA, 2018
  • Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, 2018
  • Showcase  Alliance  for  Jewish  Theater:  Boston,  Mass.,  2017
  • Temple  Rodef  Shalom,  Falls  Church,  Va.,  2016,  2013  
  • Hebrew  Union  College,  N.Y.  –    Pastoral  Counseling  Class  –  Preview  and  discussion  2014,  2015,  2016
  • Temple  Mount  Sinai,  El  Paso,  Tx.,  2015
  • Temple  Beth  Ohr,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  (Preview),  2014
  • Hadassah  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  2013
  • Ulster  County  Jewish  Family  Services;  Circles  of  Aging  Conference,  Kingston,  N.Y.,  (2013)

Church  Performance  Venues:
  • Author Talk at Lutheran Settlement House, Philadelphia, PA, 2022
  • New  York  Theological  Seminary,  2016
  • Grace  Harlem  Congregational  Church,  2015
  • Women  Anointed  Ministry,  N.Y.,  2014
  • Marble  Collegiate  Church,  N.Y.,  2013
  • Fort  Washington,  Collegiate  Church,  N.Y.,  2013
  • Middle  Collegiate  Church,  N.Y.,  2013
  • West-End  Collegiate  Church,  N.Y.,  2013
  • Union  Congregational  Church,  Montclair,  N.J.,  2013

Medical  Venue  Performance  History
  • Gilda's Club of Kansas City, Kansas 2021
  • Gilda's Club of Los Angeles, Ca 2021
  • Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids, 2021
  • Gilda's Club of South Florida, 2020
  • Cancer Support Community Delaware, 2020
  • Gilda's Club Rochester, 2020
  • Cancer Support Community LA, 2020
  • Gilda's Club Metro Detroit, 2020
  • Gilda's Club New Hampshire, 2020
  • Cancer Support Community of the Greater Lehigh Valley, 2020
  • Gilda's Club Chicago, 2020
  • Gilda's Club Westchester, 2020
  • Gilda's Club New York City, NY, 2019
  • Gilda's Club Westchester, NY, 2019
  • Memorial  Sloan  Kettering,  N.Y.,  2017
  • iCare  Conference,  Naples,  Fla.,  2017
  • Franklin  MedStar  Hospital  Center,  Baltimore,  Md.,  2016
  • Hospice  of  the  Chesapeake,  Annapolis,  Md.,  2016
  • Washington  Hospital  Center,  Washington,  DC.,  2015
  • John  Hopkins  School  of  Medicine,  Dept.  of  Spirituality  &  Chaplaincy,  Baltimore,  Md., 2015
  • National  Conference,  Society  of  Breast  Imaging,  Orlando  Fl.,  2015
  • University  of  Virginia  School  of  Medicine,  Breast  Imaging  Conference,  Charlottesville,  Va.,  2014

Senior  Living  Venues
  • Author Talk at The Kensington, Falls Church, Virginia, 2022
  • Sunrise of Arlington, VA, 2019
  • The  Colonnades,  Charlottesville,  Va.,  2018  (Sunrise)
  • Tall  Oaks  At  Reston,  Reston,  Va.,  2017  (Independent)
  • The  Jefferson,  Arlington  County,  Va.,  2017  (Sunrise)
  • Landsdowne  Woods,  Leesburg,  Va.,  2017  (Leisure  World)
  • Ashby  Ponds,  Loudon  County,  Va.,  2015  (Erikson  Property)

Theatrical  Production  Runs  And  Festivals
  • ​Author Talk at Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg Branch Library, Eldersburg, MD, 2022
  • Author Talk at Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, WV, 2022
  • Author Talk at Bristol Public Library, Bristol, VA, 2022
  • Author Talk at McLean Rotary, McLean, VA 2022
  • Schmoozing with Avi Hoffman, Virtual, 2022
  • Author Talk at American Legion Post 270, 2022
  • OnTheStage, National Zoom,  2021
  • Solo Arts Heal Series Hosted by Gail Schickele, virtual, 2021
  • Marsh Stream International Solo Fest 2020, virtual, 2020
  • The Actual Dance at The Marsh, California, 2020
  • Marc A. Sorca Hall in the National Opera Center, New York, 2020
  • 1st Stage Theater, Tysons, Virginia, 2020
  • Hopewell Theater, NJ, 2019
  • DC Black Theatre and Arts Festival, Anacostia Playhouse, DC, 2019
  • Marc A. Sorca Hall in the National Opera Center, New York, 2019
  • United Solo Festival, New York, 2018
  • Arts Midwest, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018
  • Tampa  Florida  Fringe  Festival  2017
  • Tusten  Theater,  Narrowsburg,  NY  2017
  • Indianapolis,  Indiana  Fringe  Festival  2015
  • 1st  Stage  of  Tysons  Virginia  (Summer  Featured Performance  6  weekend  run.  2015)
  • New  York  Run:  Theater  Row,  Studio  Theater (week-ends  Jan  2015  to  1st  Week-end  in  Feb.)
  • New  York  MidTown  International  Theater Festival,  2013
  • Washington  DC  Fringe  Festival,  2013

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