Rabbi/Cantor Bronwen Mullin (she/her) is the co-founder of The Rabbinic Arts Company. She serves as the cantor of Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Del., and as a national faculty member of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. She is the co-founder of Meta-Phys Ed with performance artist/director Jesse Freedman. She received rabbinic ordination and a masterโs degree in midrash from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2017; and a bachelorโs degree in theater and religious studies from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006.
Selected works and works-in-progress include: โChalom: A Dream Operaโ (Hebrew/Aramaic, International Fringe Festival/FringeNYC 2012); โBat Yiftach: A Tragic Punk Operaโ (English/Hebrew, The Kreischer Mansion 2016), โMake Me Out of Clayโ (composer, Cannonball Festival Philadelphia 2022, created and choreographed by Ella-Gabe Mason); and โCaโasi Revaya: Nigunim for a Raging Heartโ (will keep you posted). She was an inaugural fellow of the Hadar Rising Song Institute and the SVARA Teaching Kollel, and a recipient of the JTS Innovation and Myers Family Grants. Judaism is Rabbi Bronwenโs favorite art form, and she is honored to practice it.