Original sketch for FADA's logo
From Chapter 2
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Leyb Kadison and Alexander Asro's original logo sketch for the Fareyn fun Yididsh Dramatishe Artistn (Federation of Yiddish Dramatic Actors, or FADA), the company that would later become known as the Vilna Troupe. Vilna, 1915.
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FADA logo from an early program, published in Vilna, 1916
Sonia Alomis as Natasha in Der dorfsyung (The Village Lad), Vilna 1916
Sonia Alomis as Natasha in Der dorfsyung (The Village Lad), Vilna 1916
From Chapter 2
Alexander Asro as Satan in Got, mentsh, un tayvl (God, Man, and Devil) by Jacob Gordin, Vilna 1916
From Chapter 2
Alexander Asro as Yankl Tsaptchovitch in Sholem Asch's Got fun nekome (God of Vengeance), Vilna 1916
Sonia Alomis as Meyte in Di puste kretshme (The Abandoned Inn), Vilna 1916
Sonia Alomis as Meyte in Di puste kretshme (The Abandoned Inn), Vilna 1916
From Chapter 2
Alexander Asro as Sergei Petrovitch in Eyferzukht (Jealousy) by Mikhail Artsybashev, Vilna 1916
From Chapter 2
Sonia Alomis as Tamara in Yankl der shmid (Yankl the Blacksmith) by Dovid Pinski, Vilna 1916
From Chapter 2
Alex Stein in Der dorfsyung (The Village Lad) by Leon Kobrin, 1917.
From Chapter 2
The Vilna Troupe on the road in Kazimierz, Poland, 1918.
Members of Mazo's Vilna Troupe with Yiddish writer Yankev Dinezon. Warsaw, Fall 1918.
From Chapter 3
Joseph Buloff (left) as Henokh and Alex Stein (right) as Khonen in a publicity still for the original, world-premiere production of Der dibek (The Dybbuk) by S. An-sky. Performed by Mazo's Vilna Troupe in Warsaw, 1921.
From Chapter 3
Alexander Asro as the title character of Der meshugener batlen (The Mad Scholar) by Y. L. Peretz. Produced by Azro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Berlin, 1921.
From Chapter 3
Sonia Alomis as Reyzele in Di niveyle (Carcass) by Peretz Hirschbein. Produced by Azro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Berlin, 1921.
Alexander Asro and Sonia Alomis at a dress rehearsal in Berlin, 1921
From Chapter 3
Sonia Alomis as Leah in Der dibuk (The Dybbuk) by S. An-sky. Performed by Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Berlin, 1922.
From Chapter 3
Alexander Asro as Levi-Yitskhok in Grine Felder (Green Fields) by Peretz Hirschbein. Performed by Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Leipzig, 1922.
The dance of death scene in Der dibek (The Dybbuk). Performed by Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Paris, 1922.