Motl Didner

Matthew “Motl” Didner (Whisperer) is the Associate Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. Associate Director of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (Winner of Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards) directed by Joel Grey, Co-director The Golden Bride (Drama Desk Award Nominated: Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Direction of a Musical). Other directing credits include The Sorceress, Fyvush Finkel Live! (Drama Desk Award–nominated: Outstanding Musical Revue), Robert Brustein’s The King of Second Avenue, The Megile of Itzik Manger, The Pushcart Peddlers, The Marriage Contract. Motl has appeared on stage in Gimpel the Fool and with The Folksbiene Troupe. Yiddish coach The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, An American Pickle starring Seth Rogen, The Immigrant at George Street Playhouse, and New York City Opera’s Angels in America. Motl was an inaugural Translation Fellow at the Yiddish Book Center and teaches Yiddish language classes and theater workshops at the Workers Circle. Motl has created 4 seasons of the hit educational series 15 Minute Yiddish (More or Less) and authored The Big Book of 15 Minute Yiddish (more or less). Motl recently made his Carnegie Hall debut with Lera Auerbach's Symphony No. 6: "Vessels of Light."