Following Shabbat morning services and a sit-down kiddush lunch, Artistic Director Alan Paul will be in conversation with Rabbi Pamela Wax about his life, his life in theatre, and the Barrington Stage Company.

Alan Paul has served as the Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield since 2022. His BSC credits include the world premiere of The Weekend, Camelot, Next to Normal, A Tender Thing, and Cabaret, which received eight Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards including Outstanding Director of a Musical. Alan previously spent 15 seasons at the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, where he served as Associate Artistic Director. His productions there include Camelot, Kiss Me, Kate, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Man of La Mancha, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s Peter Pan and Wendy, and Our Town featuring a score by Michael John La Chiusa. Alan also directed the film of Patrick Page’s All the Devils Are Here, which was a New York Times Critics Pick. Alan has directed productions at theaters across the country including Kiss Me, Kate at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre and The King and I at Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre, for which he was nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Director. In Washington, Alan has directed at the city’s top theaters, including The Pajama Game at Arena Stage, Cabaret at Olney Theatre Center, Spring Awakening and Next to Normal at Round House Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show and Silence! The Musical at Studio Theatre, and I Am My Own Wife at Signature Theatre. Alan has worked extensively in classical music, directing at Portland Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. Alan is a frequent collaborator with the National Symphony Orchestra, and directed John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration which featured Steven Spielberg, Yo Yo Ma, Anne- Sophie Mutter, and Daisy Ridley. This summer, Alan will direct A Chorus Line and Vanya at BSC.

Rabbi Pam Wax is the Director of Adult Education and Programming at Knesset Israel.