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Emma Jude Harris (she/her)

@emmajudeharris.bsky.social
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director / dramaturg | currently: Revenge: After the Levoyah at Soho Theatre | The Stage Fringe 5, 2024 | linktr.ee/emmajudeharris

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Soho Theatre @sohotheatre.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Jewish Essex. One funeral. Two twins. An 80yr ex-gangster with a meshugge plan. @nickcassenbaum.bsky.social's Revenge: After the Levoyah returns with new cast Gemma Barnett & Charlie Cassen Director/Dramaturg @emmajudeharris.bsky.social @theyardtheatre.bsky.social 8 Dec – 24 Jan buff.ly/9pxYOHF
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New Diorama Theatre @newdiorama.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The full cast and creative team have been revealed for the world premiere of new musical Precipice, opening at NDT this November. See the full story here: newdiorama.com/news/cast-an...
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Adam Lenson @adamlenson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A huge thank you to those who have donated to my new company's crowdfunder. We are still quite a way from reaching our hoped target so if you are able or willing to support our endeavours I would be so grateful. We are making some really cool and unique stuff and every contribution helps.
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Emma Jude Harris (she/her) @emmajudeharris.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Adam keeps it quiet because he’s mostly a director but he’s really great at sound design and composition for plays! Hire him for all your fringe needs!
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Soho Theatre @sohotheatre.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Ten years. 150 shows. One final schvitz. Join @nickcassenbaum.bsky.social for a journey through steam, Spurs, summer camp, and the Canning Town Schvitz. This week at Soho Theatre Dean St, 6th – 10th May Tix: sohotheatre.com/events/bubbl...
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Today is World Hamster Day so please enjoy this clip of a worldly hamster going on a great adventure * and if you want more videos like it, check out the Homura Ham YouTube
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 25/03/2025
Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini has claimed theatres are still asking them to fund their own access requirements. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mat...
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We need a new word for the deployment of “antisemitism” that goes beyond “weaponization” and “instrumentalization” to become a form of active racist state power itself, including against Jews www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism | Jeff Melnick and Jessie Lee Rubin
The promotion of Israel’s national narrative remains exempt from Trump’s wholesale attack on DEI
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
1.2 million signatures in 24 hours (!!) if this isn't an indicator of why we so desperately need to organize and build across movements for migrant justice, abolition, and against US militarism, I don't know what will be. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The Anti-Defamation League, which still calls itself a civil rights organization, endorses disappearing US permanent residents with green cards. The moral stain of this will never wash off.
"We firmly believe there should be swift and severe consequences for those who provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations, incite violence in support of terrorist activities, or conceal their identities in order to harass and intimidate Jewish individuals and institutions with impunity.

We appreciate the Trump Administration's broad, bold set of efforts to counter campus antisemitism — and this action further illustrates that resolve by holding alleged perpetrators responsible for their actions.

Obviously, any deportation action or revocation of a Green Card or visa must be undertaken in alignment with required due process protections. We also hope that this action serves as a deterrent to others who might consider breaking the law on college campuses or anywhere."
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
ADL is standing with Trump. We're standing for real Jewish safety and the safety of all of us. Choose your fighter. www.jta.org/2025/03/10/u...
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ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favor and against the arrest
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I’ve been so upset about the Mahmoud Khalil situation all day — it isn’t business as usual for the White House to instruct Ice to revoke the green card (!!) of a Columbia graduate for their political views. For me this’ll be the moment we tipped from authoritarianism light to authoritarianism heavy.
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Emma Jude Harris (she/her) @emmajudeharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Trump et al are using the smokescreen of antisemitism as a pretext to suppress free speech, deport immigrants, & punish activists Not in my fucking name will antisemitism be weaponised by a bunch of neo-Nazis Jewish safety comes in solidarity w/ other marginalised groups & in freedom to dissent
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
This weekend, DHS targeted and seized Mahmoud Khalil as punishment for his political speech, and indicated that they are revoking his green card. They have since handed him over to ICE where he is being detained — his location unknown — and held for deportation without due process. 

This is what fascist governments do, and it will not stop here. This extreme escalation is the test case; the Trump/Musk administration is trying to see how far they can go without public outrage and legal checks on their power. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Antisemitism in its late 19th century nationalist formulation is not only a hatred of Jews, but a particular belief about rootless internationalists and migration as a threat to the stability of hard national borders and identities. It can thus be structurally appealing to Jewish nationalists, too.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org
Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing
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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This should be the easiest statement to make right now. For EVERY Jewish organization and community:
Black banner that says in white letters: "Jews say no to ethnic cleansing"
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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The GOP has a Christian nationalist leading DOD, a guy who suggested COVID was designed to spare Jews probably running HHS, a lady who pushed Great Replacement at the UN, a guy too tied to white supremacists for Trump 1 headed to State, and a guy who podcasted w a Holocaust denier running FBI 1/2
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IfNotNow🔥✡️ @ifnotnowmovement.org · 05/02/2025
We call on Jews of conscience to be the leadership our community needs, and make clear that we will resist any attempt by Trump to forcibly expel another generation of Palestinians. Our safety is tied together, and always will be.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I would like to believe that this is the moment when the American Jewish community as a whole (and not just liberal or leftist orgs) will rise up and say, "This is too far. We will not support Israel if this is their government's policy." I wish I had more faith that would be the case.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025
It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.
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Holly Williams @hollywilliams.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Very much enjoyed Revenge: After the Levoyah at @theyardtheatre.bsky.social (as mentioned in this week's Exeunt) - very funny, very silly, and subtly very smart on lots of complicated stuff. I also enjoyed how hard @tommofowler.bsky.social laughed at the pivotal role chrain played in the getaway...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
One effect of legacy American Jewish organizations like the ADL and AJC going so hard into “anti-Zionism is the major form of antisemitism” is that a lot of people now think, “My Zionism means I cannot be antisemitic.” In fact, these positions are perfectly compatible! See also: Orbán, Viktor.
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It seems like ADL forgot to unfollow us.
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Annie Gottfried Cohen @annsplaining.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Excited to see this published in the @jwaonline.bsky.social Encyclopedia. jwa.org/encyclopedia... Sharing with one of the photos featured in the article, from the YIVO archives: a group of professional klogerins (mourning women) in Brody 1920s-1930s
A black and white photo of a group of people gathered in a cemetery. Three women, professional mourning women, wearing shawls on their heads, one of them leads prayers from a prayer book
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Eliott Sheppard @eliottshep.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
There’s a rich, shimmering atmosphere in the room when catching Revenge: After the Levoyah @theyardtheatre.bsky.social; we’re thrown into this story with Lauren (Gemma Barnett) and Dan (Dylan Corbett-Bader) who are both impeccable at comic timing and switching between the most absurd characters 👏
A free sheet for the show, Revenge: After the Levoyah, in the foreground, with the set beyond that, made up of a table and two chairs, shelving units, and white boards covered in fabric.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/01/2025
He's a fucking Nazi
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Nick Hern Books @nickhernbooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
'An audacious, irreverent blast of a comedy' ★★★★ Guardian 'Biting and satirical' ★★★★ The Reviews Hub REVENGE: After the Levoyah by NHB author @nickcassenbaum.bsky.social is on @theyardtheatre.bsky.social. Get your playscript copy at the venue, or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/revenge-afte...
Top photo: Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett-Bader in REVENGE: After the Levoyah at the Yard Theatre. Photo by Alex Brenner. Bottom photo: Playscript cover of REVENGE: After the Levoyah by Nick Cassenbaum.
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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
And we’re off. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions 🏆 Thread below:
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We need more public figures like this in the world.
Story of David Lynch and the Woody Woodpecker toys
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Vulture @vulture.com · 16/01/2025
Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ wrote a touching tribute to his late friend and director, David Lynch, calling him ‘the best version of human.’
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Kyle MacLachlan Remembers David Lynch, ‘the Best Version of Human’
Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ wrote a touching tribute to his late friend and director, David Lynch, calling him ‘the best version of human.’
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Martin Shippen @martinshippen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
'Feels like the best of the fringe: polished up yet still edgy' - @theguardian.com on 'Revenge: After the Levoyah' @theyardtheatre.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
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Revenge: After the Levoyah review – five embark on a plot to kidnap Jeremy Corbyn
Twentysomething twins, a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and an East End thug embark on an ingenious heist movie parody that’s also a deft exploration of being Jewish today
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David Jays @mrdavidjays.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Well, Revenge: After the Levoyah @theyardtheatre.bsky.social is very much fun. Virtuoso full body performances by Gemma Barnett & Dylan Corbett-Bader. Bad bad Jews. Bad everyone else tbh. Horseradish as weaponry. What's not to enjoy?
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Emma Jude Harris (she/her) @emmajudeharris.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Hot take but this production of Cabaret is so irresponsible and unrigorous and it’s unbelievably terrible that a Jewish actor has to carry the burden of forcing an audience to confront their antisemitism (outside of the show’s direction, which clearly does not suffice as an intervention)
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Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Here's The Crush Bar's first interview of 2025, with @nickcassenbaum.bsky.social, writer of Revenge: After The Levoyah, which runs @theyardtheatre.bsky.social until Jan 25. A wonderfully silly show about a very serious subject. Read/subscribe: thecrushbar.substack.com/p/i-thought-...
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"I thought: ‘Where could all this go?' And that led to the idea of someone kidnapping Jeremy Corbyn."
Playwright and performer Nick Cassenbaum on his acclaimed comedy about two young, Jewish siblings snatching the former Labour leader. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
*Levoyah. Sorry. Can’t type because still laughing
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
@emmajudeharris.bsky.social just saw Revenge: After the Lehoyah and I am SCREAMING. One of the smartest and funniest hours of theatre I’ve seen for a long time. Just terrific. Congratulations!
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Arden Fitzroy @ardenfitzroy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Please!!!!! Revenge: After the Levoyah is THE MOST FUN I’ve had in a theatre since last time I was in the Yard Theatre for the Flea… RUN to see it I’m not kidding. Well done @emmajudeharris.bsky.social and team y’all are iconic for this
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Here is Sondheim with his dogs, Willie and Addie (named after the Mizner brothers). Have a wonderful weekend. 🐾
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Marc Chagall, "Shabbat," from the book "Burning Lights." Gut Shabbos, everyone.
Marc Chagall, "Shabbat," from the book "Burning Lights."
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The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
“The first show I have seen that drags my generation’s unique grasp on British Jewish identity… kicking and screaming into the spotlight.” REVENGE: After the Levoyah is one of @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social ones to watch in 2025 👀 theyardtheatre.co.uk/events/revenge-after-the-levoyah
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It's our last piece of 2024: Exeunt writers' initial round of recommendations for 2025! From the new new to transfers to Summerhall survivors, and an ode to the glorious, undersung Maureen Beattie, who can be seen in a Caryl Churchill double bill at @rxtheatre.bsky.social Feb - March! HNY, all.
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Exeunt recommends... for 2025
Our writers look ahead at some of the most tantalising new and returning shows of 2025 - and a spotlight on Maureen Beattie
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I’m sure we all have thoughts on this but can I please just draw your attention to the £150,000 worth of stolen handbags that the Metropolitan Police say look like this
The world’s stupidest handbag. It is emerald green crocodile with little burgundy strips turning it into a charmless character with hands and rudimentary facial features. It is astonishingly ugly and looks like a children’s toy for terrible children with no taste. The caption says “Police say the thief made off with £150,000 worth of Hermes Crocodile Kelly handbags.”
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Emma Jude Harris (she/her) @emmajudeharris.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
In the past few days, a constellation of sustained incidents of patriarchal abuse has emerged, connecting a series of otherwise 'unrelated' breaking news stories. I haven't seen anyone connecting these disparate and unfathomable events (yet), but they are related.
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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
#OnThisDay in 1919: "Anarchist" Emma Goldman is deported from the United States Via @jwaonline.bsky.social jwa.org/thisweek/dec... #EmmaGoldman
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Deportation of Emma Goldman as a radical "alien" | Jewish Women's Archive
On December 21, 1919, Emma Goldman, along with 248 other radical "aliens," was deported to the Soviet Union on the S.S. Buford under the 1918 Alien Act, which allowed for the expulsion of any alien fo...
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Adam Lenson @adamlenson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I’m absolutely thrilled that Cable Street made it into the Stage’s top 50 list. I’m immensely proud of the fact we made a big, complicated, new musical and sold it out twice. And I’m hugely grateful to have had something to believe in and to keep me upright during this shitty and impossible year.
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