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| "Losing My Mind" |
Karen has been singing from the time she could talk and dancing from the time she could walk. A guitar toting
high school troubadour turned actor, a few favorite roles include Marion in “Music Man”, Luisa in “The Fantastiks”,
Sharon in “Finian’s Rainbow”, and Desiree in “A Little Night Music”.
In the dance studios of Trinity College, she explored the connection between words, music and movement by
creating ‘moving’ poems. This fusion of movement and theatre was highly encouraged because by her senior year
the two departments had merged.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion provided a Jewish context for making art prayerful and
infusing words with melody and movement. Gilat sees no boundary between art and spirit, rather, believes art to
be a path to the spirit. Her performance pieces, though not always created for worship, can be adapted to
worship settings. While still an H.U.C. student she created 'Moving Midrash', poetic, melodic movement pieces
based on Torah and other text. Her thesis performance involved non-dancers presenting “Creation to
Redemption” of Yom Kippur afternoon.
Recent creations include:
‘Song of Dinah’ first performed in a synagogue in Bellevue, Washington in 2001. An intoned, poetic look at
Dinah inspired by Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent”
‘Late night Torah bites’ created for a congregation in Boise, ID a whimsical piece based on a magical Torah
whose letters come to life.
‘Lament’ is a work in progress to be performed at Jcc Day Camp in Wilkes-Barre to commemorate Tisha B’Av
and then extended into a small group drama workshop intensive
Not every piece employs movement. ‘Crossing the Jordan’ was written as a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and
first performed on the Bimah of Temple Hesed. ‘Bimah to Broadway and Back’ a musical tale of composers whose
fathers were Cantors was created in Cincinnati, Ohio for Hadassah and has evolved into a course for Senior
learner's at Marywood University.
Gilat performs in non-musicals as well. Since coming to Scranton, she has played a Psychologist who specializes
in anger management in an original piece at Actors Circle, been a warrior in “Vagina Monologues”, and played an
eccentric at the Northeast Theatre. She was recently awarded a grant from the Lackawanna Arts Council to
create and perform "Black Diamonds for a Blues Lady" an original cabaret based on anthracite mining.
high school troubadour turned actor, a few favorite roles include Marion in “Music Man”, Luisa in “The Fantastiks”,
Sharon in “Finian’s Rainbow”, and Desiree in “A Little Night Music”.
In the dance studios of Trinity College, she explored the connection between words, music and movement by
creating ‘moving’ poems. This fusion of movement and theatre was highly encouraged because by her senior year
the two departments had merged.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion provided a Jewish context for making art prayerful and
infusing words with melody and movement. Gilat sees no boundary between art and spirit, rather, believes art to
be a path to the spirit. Her performance pieces, though not always created for worship, can be adapted to
worship settings. While still an H.U.C. student she created 'Moving Midrash', poetic, melodic movement pieces
based on Torah and other text. Her thesis performance involved non-dancers presenting “Creation to
Redemption” of Yom Kippur afternoon.
Recent creations include:
‘Song of Dinah’ first performed in a synagogue in Bellevue, Washington in 2001. An intoned, poetic look at
Dinah inspired by Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent”
‘Late night Torah bites’ created for a congregation in Boise, ID a whimsical piece based on a magical Torah
whose letters come to life.
‘Lament’ is a work in progress to be performed at Jcc Day Camp in Wilkes-Barre to commemorate Tisha B’Av
and then extended into a small group drama workshop intensive
Not every piece employs movement. ‘Crossing the Jordan’ was written as a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and
first performed on the Bimah of Temple Hesed. ‘Bimah to Broadway and Back’ a musical tale of composers whose
fathers were Cantors was created in Cincinnati, Ohio for Hadassah and has evolved into a course for Senior
learner's at Marywood University.
Gilat performs in non-musicals as well. Since coming to Scranton, she has played a Psychologist who specializes
in anger management in an original piece at Actors Circle, been a warrior in “Vagina Monologues”, and played an
eccentric at the Northeast Theatre. She was recently awarded a grant from the Lackawanna Arts Council to
create and perform "Black Diamonds for a Blues Lady" an original cabaret based on anthracite mining.
Cantor Karen Gilat
