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Alec "Leizer" Burko was born in 1978 and grew up in New York City. He studied Medieval Studies and Germanic Philology at New York University and the University of Minnesota. Burko first began learning Yiddish in order to be able to speak with his grandparents in Israel, who speak no English. Since September 2004 he has worked at the Forverts as a type-setter (typist) and assistant to the editor-in-chief. His articles appear in the Forverts as well as in the student publication Vayter. Leizer is an original member of Di Folksbiene Trupe and is a active participant in several Yiddish organization.

Matthew "Motl" Didner serves The National Yiddish Theatre - Folkbsiene as Associate Artistic Director and Outreach Director. Folksbiene directing credits include Mama's Loshn Kugel, Di Makhsheferin, Dos Groyse Gevins, Purim in Khelm and Bronx Express. He recently appeared on stage with Fyvush Finkel and Theodore Bikel in Di Komediantn (Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys in Yiddish). Motl is a member of the National Executive Board of The Workmen's Circle and on the board of directors of The Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors Club. Motl recently wed fellow Trupnik Danielle Dorter.

Danielle "Elize-Rokhl" Dorter has been performing with the Folksbiene Troupe since early 2006. Danielle received a Bachelor's degree in Music from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Musical theater credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), Sweeney Todd (ensemble), and Yeoman of the Guard (Kate). Opera appearances throughout the New York area include The Magic Flute (Papagena), The Old Maid and the Thief (Miss Pinkerton), Carmen, Il Trovatore, and Madama Butterfly. Danielle began studying Yiddish with Nikolai Borodulin through classes at the Workmen's Ci.rcle in New York City in 2006. She is married to Troupe member Motl Didner.

Richard "Ruvn" Kass was born, raised and still lives in Brooklyn, NY. He has been acting ever since his second grade class' presentation of Hello Dolly. He received his MFA in Acting in May 2006 from The New School for Drama, and is currently a member of the Bat Company at The Flea Theatre in New York City. Richard has been studying Yiddish since the fall of 2006 through the generosity of the Milton and Miriam Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship for Yiddish Studies at The Workmen's Circle. He made his debut performance on the Yiddish stage in The Folksbiene's production of Purim in Khelm this past February and March.

Daniella Rabbani is a recent graduate of the Stella Adler Studio at New York University: Tisch. Recent credits include: Jihad the Musical (Edinburgh Fringe), Spectaculo! (La Pietra; Florence, Italy), Twelfth Night (Vermont Shakespeare Company) and multiple roles in American Drama Pocket Edition (Minnesota Fringe). Thanks to the The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene and the Milton and Miriam Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship for Yiddish Studies, Daniella has had the honor to study Yiddish with Nikolai Borodulin through classes at the Workmen's Circle. She is excited by the Yiddish community, culture and language. Makht a Tsimes marks Daniella's debut performance with the Folksbiene Troupe.

Amanda "Miryem-Khaye" Seigel is a Yiddishist and a Yiddish singer, songwriter and performer. She is An original member of the Folksbiene Troupe and co-creator (with Motl Didner) of the Yiddish musical comedy Purim in Khelm (Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre). Miryem-Khaye is a graduate of Hampshire College and of the YIVO summer Yiddish program. Her work appears in Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, Naye Vegn, Yugntruf-Zhurnal, and Yedies fun YIVO. http://www.amks.wordpress.com