
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
January 13, 1975•2h 0m•★ 9.0
Drama
This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.
Director
Alan SchneiderCast

Joseph Wiseman
Rabbi
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Richard Bauer
Zalmen

Robert Prosky
The Chairman
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Sanford Seeger
Srul
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Leib Lensky
Shmuel
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Michael Mertz
Motke
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David Reinherdsen
Chaim
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Glenn Taylor
Zender
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Mark Hammer
The Doctor
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Howard Witt
The Inspector

Dianne Wiest
Nina
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John Koch
Misha
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Gary Bayer
Alexei

Michael Haney
Guard
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Kenneth Kantor
Guard
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John Jellison
The Cantor
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Scott Schofield
The Commissar
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Nancy Dutton
The Secretary

Michael Gorrin
Avrom
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Leslie Cass
Feige