Rebecca Joy Fletcher is a Brooklyn-based theater artist (playwright/performer/producer) as well as a Jewish educator and cantor. Over the past ten years, she has become recognized as a leading expert in the field of European-Jewish cabaret. Highlights include: Kleynkunst!, the smash off Broadway hit of 2008 and Cities of Light, which has been presented at theatres, synagogues, and nightclubs around the world. Upcoming projects include Rebecca’s musical Nightingale; a Yiddish tango show, and a cabaret collaboration with Belgian theater artist Noemi Schlosser which will premier in November 2012 at La Vieille Grille Theatre in Paris. Rebecca is a sought after lecturer and guest-teacher at academic institutions and adult learning centers around the world. She serves as vice president of the Association for Jewish Theater, and is a proud member of New York City’s award-winning Kabarett Kollectif, ROI, the American Conference of Cantors, and the Dramatists Guild.
