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 Gideon’s
Dream
A new musical
Based on the childhood memoir
of Gideon Sorokin
Music by Richard Link
Book and Lyrics by Adam Sandel
At age 8, Gideon Sorokin fled Nazi-occupied Vienna.
Gideon’s Dream takes us
on an amazing journey, starting with his family’s carefree
life in Vienna, through their persecution and separation,
their escape to Italy, and eventually their voyage to Israel
where they were reunited and started a new life.
It’s a story of courage, hope,
loss, and the power of a child’s spirit and imagination
to overcome incredible obstacles.
Gideon’s Dream is an uplifting,
family-oriented musical, and a true-life testament to the
Jewish spirit.
An active member of the San Francisco
Bay Area Jewish community, Gideon Sorokin is now 77 years
old. Having survived Nazi occupation and fought in Israel’s
war of independence, his life has spanned the Jewish experience
of the 20th Century.
Poster design by Rene Capone.
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Past productions: San Francisco, 2007 |
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biographies]
A fully staged workshop production
of Gideon’s Dream was presented on:
The concert featured a cast of accomplished
Bay Area performers in period costume, accompanied by a chamber
orchestra.
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Press photos for Gideon’s
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| (Clockwise from
left) Composer Richard Link, actor Andrew Sanford,
playwright and lyricist Adam Sandel, and producer
Gideon Sorokin—whose childhood story has been
transformed into the new musical Gideon’s
Dream. |
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| Gideon
Sorokin (left) meets Andrew Sanford (right) who
played Gideon as a child in the concert version
of the new musical Gideon’s Dream. |
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En route from Nazi-occupied
Vienna to Italy, Gideon (Andrew Sanford) encounters the
kindness of an Italian Guard (Vladimir Zagatsky) and the
cruelty of an SS Officer (Randel Hart) in the musical
Gideon’s Dream. |
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One family’s true
journey from Nazi-occupied Vienna to the Promised Land
is brought to life in the musical Gideon’s Dream.
(Clockwise from left: Arthur Scappaticci, Gideon Sorokin,
Estelle Mays and Andrew Sanford.) |
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Estelle Mays, Andrew Sanford
and Arthur Scappaticci star in Gideon’s Dream,
a musical based on the true story of one family’s
journey from Nazi-occupied Vienna to the Promised Land. |
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Press information and contacts |
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To arrange
interviews with Gideon Sorokin, Adam Sandel, or Richard Link,
please call publicist Erma Murphy +1 415 250-9755 or
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For more
information about Gideon’s Dream, email
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Biographies |
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Adam Sandel (Playwright / Lyricist)
has had more than 20 productions of his plays performed including
(with Richard Link) the award-winning musical Watch Me
Shine. His play This is Not My Life is being developed
by San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and his play Falling
off the Edge was performed in Sydney, Australia and San
Francisco. His play Love Life was developed at L.A.’s
Mark Taper Forum Lab and produced by Paramount’s Chicago
Theatre Project. A television production of Love Life won
several Chicago Emmy Awards and a special nomination for Sandel.
Current projects include the plays The Last Romantic, Edenville
and (with Richard Link) the musicals Gideon’s
Dream, Dream World and Midnight Fever.
Richard Link (Composer) has
written scores for dance, theatre, film, TV, video, and the
internet. He has composed songs, choral music and liturgical
music. His works have been performed throughout Canada, the
U.S., Europe and Australia. Original musicals include the
award-winning The Painter’s Dream, and for the
Children’s Music Theatre of San Jose: 2101, A Little
Princess and Persephone. His film scores include
the feature film Blood Clan, and the documentary Born
at Home. He composed Woven Together, a cantata
for the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of SF, which was featured in their
25th Anniversary concert.
Sandel and Link’s song Watch
Me Shine premiered at the Sydney Opera House and was featured
in the documentary film Light the Flame!
Gideon Sorokin (Producer) is
a rabbi and retired veterinarian, whose memoir Tales of
An Unorthodox Veterinarian inspired the musical Gideon’s
Dream. Sorokin has previously produced two short videos, My
Cat Minka and The Donkey That Saved My Life, based
on portions of the book. The book was published by the Judah
Magnes Museum of Berkeley in light of the historical and educational
value of its vivid and personal descriptions of life in Palestine
and early Israel. Sorokin is also a lecturer on a variety
of topics related to Jewish and Israeli life.
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