A Secret About Joy

A unique and surprising theatrical event where twenty-seven performers portray characters from the past who come alive all around the audience - revealing stories full of the humor, hope, and heartaches of a once-thriving Jewish community. Set in 1927 Sibiu, “A Secret About Joy” is an uplifting site-specific play with music, performed in Sibiu's 123-year-old Grand Synagogue!

 

Sarah Brown is a playwright, an international solo-performer, and a creator of unique and groundbreaking site-specific shows that she has directed for theatre festivals in Israel, Turkey and Sibiu, Romania. Heart of a Carpenter premiered in FITS in 2023 at the Evangelical Church of Saint Mary and A Secret About Joy, about the Jews of 1927 Sibiu, premiered at the Grand Synagogue of Sibiu in FITS 2022. Sarah is also a songwriter, a three-time Fulbright Scholar recipient and a professor of performance at the University of Memphis, USA.