Jonathan creates theatrical experiences for children and families that invite participation, engage the senses, and generate wonder. 

His theatrical works for children and families have been experienced by thousands of people at major arts venues across the country.

Theatrical Projects for Children and Families

  • Across the Sand: A Passover Theatrical Experience

    2023/2024, Northbrook Theatre

    Director/Book and Lyrics

    Across the Sand transports audience members to Ancient Egypt for an interactive retelling of the Passover story complete with live music and tabletop puppetry.

  • Wake Up, Brother Bear

    2023, Northbrook Theatre

    Director

    Wake Up, Brother Bear is a unique, intimate production for children ages 5 and under, exploring a full year of glorious seasons complete with butterflies, fish, fireflies and honey bees brought to life through puppetry and play.

  • Aggadah Adventures

    2018-2020, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

    Creator

    A series of immersive, multi-sensory, and educational performances bringing Jewish text to life through sensory storytelling, and giving participants an active role in telling the story as it unfolds.

  • The Boy at the Edge of Everything

    2016, Lincoln Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

    Original Director

    This epic story, written by acclaimed Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer, took audiences on a journey through time and space to the edges of the universe along with hero Simon Ives.

  • Up and Away

    2015, Lincoln Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

    Lead Artist/Director

    Children and their families experience a multi-sensory ride through clouds in Up and Away, an immersive production designed specifically for neurodiverse young audiences.

  • The Cerulean Time Capsule

    2015, Kennedy Center / U.S. Botanic Garden

    Co-Creator

    A first-of-its-kind interactive and site-specific theatrical adventure performed inside and throughout the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory in Washington, D.C. about a time-traveling botanist who needs the audience’s help to stop a critical discovery from happening to save the world.

  • The House of Ichabod Crane

    2014, Park Avenue Armory / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

    Co-Creator

    This immersive retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow took young audiences on an eerie journey from the hallowed revolutionary war battlegrounds of Brooklyn to the bewitching glen where the headless horseman may be found.

  • Shadow Play

    2012, University Settlement (2018-19 National Tour) / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

    Co-Creator

    When his shadow runs away to the moon, Flash must go on an adventure to bring him home in this multimedia performance designed for children 2 to 5-years-old and their families.

  • The Little One and the Sea of Letters

    2011, Abrons Arts Center / Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

    Director

    This new folktale filled with live music and puppetry told the story of a brave little girl who sets off on a voyage across the sea in search of her lost father and makes her way in a strange and unfamiliar new world.