My Plan

My current thinking...

Performing "Bella's Dream" made me realize how badly I want to know my family's history and therefore I have decided to spend some time this summer visiting the towns where my family comes from in Poland and Belarus.

After that I'm planning to study at Pardes for one of the summer sessions, and possibly visit Turkey, one of my fantasy travel destinations, before heading out west to make a name for myself in La-La Land.

Silent Huddle

A group of Jewish women had been rounded up from the town. A bucket near the border crossing had a sign in German that said "put a contribution in or we'll shoot the women." The guards took the money and shot all the women anyway. That is how Bella and Raymond crossed the border. (This text loosely based on Dana's words in the play.)

"Bella's Dream" in Baltimore

Last night I performed "Bella's Dream" by Dana Boll in Baltimore.

The show is about Dana's grandparents, Bella and Raymond, who left Gabin, Poland in the late 30s, escaped to Russia, were interned in a work camp about Siberia, made their way on a cattle car through Uzbekistan and eventually settled in New Jersey.

The script and choreography beautifully told the story of these exceptional people and of Dana's journey to understand and remember them.

Here are a few photos of our work.

The dancers are Dana Boll, Lisa Hokans, Grace Ann Dorse, Heather Bloch, Dawn Trautman and myself (Rebecca Jupiter.)