{"id":655,"date":"2022-07-03T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=655"},"modified":"2022-10-27T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T01:04:33","slug":"bella","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/event\/bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella, An Immigrant&#8217;s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span class=\"il\">Bella<\/span>, An Immigrant\u2019s Tale\u00a0<\/i>by actress and playwright, Vicki Summers is a one-woman play that chronicles the<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1325 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue-105x136.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue-317x411.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue-423x548.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Blue.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,232px\" \/> remarkable life journey of Vicki\u2019s beloved grandmother from the pogroms of Russia (modern day Ukraine), to a new life in America as a Jewish immigrant\u2014filled with courage, humor and love. The play is even more relevant today with the current crisis in Ukraine. Following the performance, there will be a slideshow of photos of the actual people portrayed, as well as a Q&amp;A with Vicki.<\/p>\n<p>Vicki has performed the play throughout New England as well as in a few other states. She was honored to have been selected in 2019 to perform her play at the L.A. Women\u2019s Theater Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1326 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black-105x136.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black-317x411.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black-423x548.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2022\/07\/Bella-Black.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vicki-summers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/vicki-summers.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667004666178000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14Q_jn8N6JdXn16IZ7o27M\">vicki-summers.com<\/a>\u00a0for her bio, photos, reviews, and video clips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Link to trailer:<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MGYJneuu_VU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DMGYJneuu_VU&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667004666178000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wG1g97hKf8A_xD0UnkbQg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MGYJneuu_VU<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bella, An Immigrant\u2019s Tale\u00a0by actress and playwright, Vicki Summers is a one-woman play that chronicles the remarkable life journey of Vicki\u2019s beloved grandmother from the pogroms of Russia (modern day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1692,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","spc_primary_tribe_events_cat":0},"tags":[127,132,129,130,131,128],"tribe_events_cat":[112,14],"class_list":["post-655","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-bella-an-immigrants-tale","tag-minsky-recital-hall","tag-theater","tag-umaine-hillel","tag-umaine-judaic-studies","tag-vicki-summers","tribe_events_cat-event","tribe_events_cat-performance","cat_event","cat_performance"],"taxonomy_info":{"post_tag":[{"value":127,"label":"Bella An Immigrant's Tale"},{"value":132,"label":"Minsky Recital Hall"},{"value":129,"label":"Theater"},{"value":130,"label":"UMaine Hillel"},{"value":131,"label":"UMaine Judaic Studies"},{"value":128,"label":"Vicki Summers"}],"tribe_events_cat":[{"value":112,"label":"Event"},{"value":14,"label":"Performance"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"dmichaud","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/author\/dmichaud\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/655\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}