FIDDLER ON THE ROOF TALKBACK
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Join us after the show as Rabbi Michael Panitz and Music Director Bart Kuebler compare and contrast the themes of the music of Fiddler on The Roof.

Rabbi Michael Panitz trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was ordained as a rabbi in 1982 and where he received a Ph.D. in Jewish history in 1989, Michael Panitz combines both specialties in his professional career. He has served as rabbi of Temple Israel in Norfolk since 1992. Active in the field of adult Jewish education, he has taught for the Florence Melton Adult Mini School since it first opened in South Hampton Roads. He also teaches religious studies, history and Hebrew language at local colleges: Old Dominion University and Virginia Wesleyan University. Prior to arriving in Norfolk, Rabbi Panitz was a faculty member at the Jewish Theological Seminary and served a congregation in New Jersey. Rabbi Panitz contributes articles to scholarly journals on Jewish subjects. Michael and Sheila Panitz have been married since 1978. Their larger family includes their three children, spouses, and four grandchildren, ranging in age from 17 down to 2 months.

Bart Kuebler‘s artistic work includes music & lyrics for the Off-Broadway premiere of John Cariani’s LOVE/SICK; and book, music, and lyrics for Moonshiner, a Musical Fabulism, produced as part of the 2019 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Music directing credits include the world premieres of Second to Nun/Marguerite, Frog Kiss, and Love, Always; developmental workshops of more than a dozen new musicals; a slew of work at regional theaters; and years of worldwide touring accompanying artists diverse as Bernadette Peters and Piolo Pascual. Bart holds a degree in Philosophy & Ethics from Harvard University, and lives in Norfolk with Amanda, Bijou, and an infallible Magic Eight Ball. He invites you to join him in eschewing social media.