Weaver is a writer, Yiddish translator, actor, director and magid (traditional Jewish oral storyteller) based in Northampton MA. They are a puppet and mask designer, and co-founder/co-artistic director of The People’s Puppet Parade, a radical community parade based around the Jewish calendar which facilitates youth leadership and cultural literacy. They co-founded Theater Between Addresses, an all-queer theater collective which produces new work and has frequent workshops supporting new play development. Their translations and original writing has been published on In geveb, Metamorphosis Journal, Paper Brigade, Pakn Treger, and more. They are the storyteller for the Magid Ensemble, an interdisciplinary collaboration currently touring their debut production, “Shterna and the Lost Voice.”
Rooting in Yiddish folklore and community, their work explores archetypal myths, histories of resistance, and experiments in queer joy.
They are committed to working with the public by using folk-theater forms, puppets, and spectacle to bring people of all ages and experiences into creative process together.
