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'''Jeffrey Sanzel''' |
'''Jeffrey Sanzel''' is a [[theater director]], [[stage actor]], and [[playwright]]. He is best known for writing, acting in, and directing the play, ''[[From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust]]''. |
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==Background== |
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Sanxel was born into a Jewish family. He currently resides in [[Long Island]], [[New York]], working at the [[Theatre Three]] in [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]], [[Long Island]]. |
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Sanzel joined [[Theater Three]] in [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]] in 1989, where his first duty was to coordinate children's theater productions. In 1993 he became the [[Artistic Director]], a position he curently holds. |
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In 2008 he was honored by the ''[[The Times Beacon Record|Port Times Record]]'' in 2008 when they namned him "Man of the Years in Arts 2008".<ref name="Port Times Record 1"/> |
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==Theater== |
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The long-running ''From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust'' is considered Sanzel's most famous play. He wrote the piece inspired by neighbors and familiy who had survived the atocities of [[World War II]]. As of December 2008, the play was in its 11th year of perfromance and had been seen by over 100,000 people.<ref name="Port Times Record 1"/> Designed for children grade 5 through 12, the play is a 45-minute drama exploring a young girl's experiences as her world collapses during World War II.<ref name="NYT3">{{cite web |
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| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/19/nyregion/long-island-guide.html?scp=2&sq=From%20the%20Fires:%20Voices%20of%20the%20Holocaust&st=cse |
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| title=Long Island Guide |
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| publisher=[[The New York Times]] |
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| date=January 19, 1997 |
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| accessdate=August 10, 2011 | author=Barbara Delatiner}}</ref> |
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In 1989 Sanzel, along with Bill Van Horn, re-adapted [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' for the stage.<ref name="NYT1"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted that "The problem for most theaters is finding ways to present this venerable classic so that audiences will continue to come back season after season". They followed by writing that under the direction of Sanzel, "Theater Three of Port Jefferson has successfully met the challenge", in that "They have taken the title literally, and the result is an a capella carol about the resurrection of the soul of Ebenezer Scrooge."<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news |
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| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/17/nyregion/theater-review-dickens-s-carol-staged-a-capella.html |
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| title=THEATER REVIEW; Dickens's 'Carol,' Staged a Capella |
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| work=[[The New York Times]] |
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| date=December 17, 1989 |
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| accessdate=August 10, 2011 |
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| author=Leah D. Frank}}</ref> |
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In 1992 Sanzel adapted the play again, and had done so each folowing years, creating adaptations that remain true to Dickens' original story and yet have enough originality to convince audiences to return each season for the updated versions. Sanzel's adaptations have been playing for over 20 years, and have received many positive reviews. The ''New York Times'' praised the newer versions by writing "Sanzel looks at "A Christmas Carol" as a multifaceted literary jewel in which each plane is another angle from which to view the story. This year he has woven holiday carols throughout the show like multicolored ribbons tying the package together." And of Sanzel's own work acting within the play, they wrote he "does an excellent job as a Scrooge haunted by the shadows of his own life and its many lost opportunities and misdeeds". They offered of the overall production, "This is a forceful production that again brings home the necessity to look around and offer a helping hand to the less fortunate. It helps visualize the Christmas spirit of human kindness that can live throughout the year, and it ends with a blessing from an old English carol, "Love and joy come to you . . . " What is unusual about the Theater Three vision is that it all seems so possible."<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news |
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| url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F0CE7D81026E631BC4A52DFB46F958A |
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| title=THEATER REVIEW; Scrooge Musters the Courage to Change |
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| work=[[The New York Times]] |
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| date=December 20, 1992 |
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| accessdate=August 10, 2011 |
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| author=Leah D. Frank}}</ref> |
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===Awards and nominations=== |
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* 2008, Man of the Years in Arts, awarded by ''[[The Times Beacon Record|Port Times Record]]''<ref name="Port Times Record 1">{{cite web |
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| url=http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2008-12-25-77472.112114_The_enduring_heart_marrow_of_Theatre_Three.html |
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| title=The enduring heart & marrow of Theatre Three |
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| publisher=[[The Times Beacon Record|Port Times Record]] |
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| date=December 19, 2008 |
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| accessdate=August 10, 2011 |
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| author=Donna Newman}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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== Sources == |
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*http://debsliweb2.homestead.com/JeffreySanzel.html |
*http://debsliweb2.homestead.com/JeffreySanzel.html |
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*http://www.theatrethree.com/20062007season/reviews.html |
*http://www.theatrethree.com/20062007season/reviews.html |
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==External links== |
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Jeffrey Sanzel is a theater director, stage actor, and playwright. He is best known for writing, acting in, and directing the play, From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust.
Background
Sanxel was born into a Jewish family. He currently resides in Long Island, New York, working at the Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, Long Island.
Sanzel joined Theater Three in Port Jefferson in 1989, where his first duty was to coordinate children's theater productions. In 1993 he became the Artistic Director, a position he curently holds.
In 2008 he was honored by the Port Times Record in 2008 when they namned him "Man of the Years in Arts 2008".[1]
Theater
The long-running From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust is considered Sanzel's most famous play. He wrote the piece inspired by neighbors and familiy who had survived the atocities of World War II. As of December 2008, the play was in its 11th year of perfromance and had been seen by over 100,000 people.[1] Designed for children grade 5 through 12, the play is a 45-minute drama exploring a young girl's experiences as her world collapses during World War II.[2]
In 1989 Sanzel, along with Bill Van Horn, re-adapted Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for the stage.[3] The New York Times noted that "The problem for most theaters is finding ways to present this venerable classic so that audiences will continue to come back season after season". They followed by writing that under the direction of Sanzel, "Theater Three of Port Jefferson has successfully met the challenge", in that "They have taken the title literally, and the result is an a capella carol about the resurrection of the soul of Ebenezer Scrooge."[4]
In 1992 Sanzel adapted the play again, and had done so each folowing years, creating adaptations that remain true to Dickens' original story and yet have enough originality to convince audiences to return each season for the updated versions. Sanzel's adaptations have been playing for over 20 years, and have received many positive reviews. The New York Times praised the newer versions by writing "Sanzel looks at "A Christmas Carol" as a multifaceted literary jewel in which each plane is another angle from which to view the story. This year he has woven holiday carols throughout the show like multicolored ribbons tying the package together." And of Sanzel's own work acting within the play, they wrote he "does an excellent job as a Scrooge haunted by the shadows of his own life and its many lost opportunities and misdeeds". They offered of the overall production, "This is a forceful production that again brings home the necessity to look around and offer a helping hand to the less fortunate. It helps visualize the Christmas spirit of human kindness that can live throughout the year, and it ends with a blessing from an old English carol, "Love and joy come to you . . . " What is unusual about the Theater Three vision is that it all seems so possible."[3]
Awards and nominations
- 2008, Man of the Years in Arts, awarded by Port Times Record[1]
References
- ^ a b c Donna Newman (December 19, 2008). "The enduring heart & marrow of Theatre Three". Port Times Record. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ Barbara Delatiner (January 19, 1997). "Long Island Guide". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ a b Leah D. Frank (December 20, 1992). "THEATER REVIEW; Scrooge Musters the Courage to Change". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ Leah D. Frank (December 17, 1989). "THEATER REVIEW; Dickens's 'Carol,' Staged a Capella". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- http://debsliweb2.homestead.com/JeffreySanzel.html
- http://www.theatrethree.com/20062007season/reviews.html
External links
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