Noa Baum: "A Land Twice Promised"
Israeli actress and storyteller Noa Baum seeks to build bridges of understanding and compassion between East and West, Arab and Jew, past and present.
“A Land Twice Promised” is a one-woman performance based on Noa’s dialogue with a Palestinian woman, offering a moving testimony of memories that illuminate the complex history and emotions that surround Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Born and raised in Jerusalem, Noa Baum studied theater at Tel Aviv University and acting with Uta Hagen at NYU, where she received an MA in Educational Theater. Since 1982, she has performed and led workshops in Israel and across the U.S. Highlights include: The Kennedy Center; the Mayo Clinic for Humanities in Medicine; Stanford University; The Jewish Museum of NYC; Mariposa Storytelling Festival; National Storytelling Network conferences; The National Storytelling Festival; the Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as hundreds of schools, libraries and congregations.
Noa’s audio recording "Far Away and Close to Home" won a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award, and in 2004 she received a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award. A grant from the National Storytelling Network supported the creation of “A Land Twice Promised.”
