Portrait of Sonia Alomis as Leah in The Dybbuk by English avant-garde painter Walter Sickert. The caption reads "The greatest actress of the age." London, likely 1922.

Alexander Asro as Khonen (left), Noah Nachbush as the Messenger (center), and Sonia Alomis as Leah (right) in Der dibek (The Dybbuk) by S. An-sky. Performed by Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Berlin, 1923.

The wedding scene from Der dibek (The Dybbuk) by S. An-sky. Performed by Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe in Paris, 1923.

Members of Asro and Alomis's Vilna Troupe departing from Hamburg Port, 1924

Alexander Asro and Sonia Alomis arriving in New York on board the Majestic, January 10, 1924

Members of the Vilna Troupe in New York City with Boris Thomashefsky, 1924

A page from Sonia Alomis's scrapbook showing the actress featured in the New York Review alongside French actress Mistinguett and American actresses Irene Fenwick and Caroll McComas. New York, 1924.

Alexander Asro (left) and Sonia Alomis (right) with their son Joseph Asro (center). Asro and Alomis had to leave Joseph behind in Europe when they immigrated to the United States in 1924. Joseph Asro did not see his parents for six years while they worked on acquiring citizenship.

Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, performed in Yiddish as Di tayve under di ulmer by Mazo's Vilna Troupe in Warsaw, 1928.

Bay nakht afn altn mark (At Night in the Old Marketplace) by Y. L. Peretz. Performed by Mazo's Vilna Troupe in Warsaw 1928.

Yidnshtot (Jewish City) by Aaron Zeitlin. Performed by Mazo's Vilna Troupe in Lvov, 1929.

Cover of 15 yor Vilner trupe (15 Years Vilna Troup), a volume commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Vilna Troupe. Published in Lodz, 1931.

Signed photograph of Mary Martin, given to Alexander Asro in 1938. Asro and Martin performed together in Leave It to Me on Broadway.

Signed photograph of Sophie Tucker, given to Sonia Alomis in 1940. Sophie Tucker performed with Alexander Asro in Leave It To Me on Broadway from 1938-1939 and toured with Asro and Alomis when they took the play across the country.

Sonia Alomis (left) and Alexander Asro (right) with their son Joseph Asro (center) upon his return from World War II. Originally published in the Forward, March 26, 1945.

Vilna Troupe actor Noah Nachbush reciting a monologue from Der dibek (The Dybbuk). From a self-produced record that Nachbush made in the 1950's entitled "Noah Nachbush's Gems of Yiddish Poetry and Folklore."

Vilna Troupe actor Noah Nachbush reciting a monologue from Der dibek (The Dybbuk)

Excerpt from The Dybbuk: Leah invites Khonen's spirit to her wedding

Excerpt from The Dybbuk film (1937): The Dance of Death

Excerpt from Di seder nakht (The Feast of Passover) film, 1931