On December 8, 1951, in the Radin Auditorium, Osip Dymow's Der zinger fun zayn troyer (The Singer of His Sorrow) (Yoshke muzikant) (Yoshke the Musician)," opened under the direction of Joseph Buloff, dance by Belle Didja, sets by Samuel Leve. The play was performed on sixteen Saturdays and Sundays.

Michael Lux and Jacob Holtz in "The Singer and His Sorrow"
Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Renee Spector and Shifra Silo in "The Singer and His Sorrow"
Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

On December 13, 1951, in the Radin Auditorium, under the direction and new adaptation of Vera Haken, there was staged Goldfaden's "Sambatyon," music by Henoch Kon, dance by Belle Didja, with sets by Jacob Zeldin.

After the offering, according to Morris Adler, a committee was formed to create a fund of $100,000 in order to buy a separate building of their own for their playing ensemble, but the plan was not realized.

In the summer of 1952, Jacob Fishman, the founder and long-time director of the Folksbiene, was unanimously elected as the permanent, honorary chairman of the theatre collective -- and Morris Adler -- as the chairman of the Folksbiene.