Eleanor Reissa

Eleanor Reissa

Eleanor Reissa is an American actress, singer, theatre director, playwright, librettist, choreographer, and translator based in New York City. She works and performs in English and Yiddish speaking stages. On Broadway, she was in the cast of Paula Vogel's Indecent as well as being nominated for a Tony Award as the director of the musical, Those Were the Days. (which she also choreographed and starred in). She interprets and performs of Yiddish theatre and song. In April 2019, Reissa was the director, co-creater and featured vocalist in From Shtetl to Stage: A Celebration of Yiddish Music and Culture at Carnegie Hall.


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