On December 11, 1954, in the Radin Auditorium, Der Kenig un der Shuster (The King and the Cobbler), a musical in two acts and seven scenes by Sammy Gronemann, Yiddish version by Shmuel Tsesler, directed by Dovid Licht opened. Music -- Herman Ludwig, choreography by Belle Didja, sets by Harry Baum.

On February 12, 1955, in the Roosevelt Auditorium, the forty-year anniversary of the Folksbiene was celebrated with Dovid Licht's production and montage of prior repertoire under the name, Di Boyd (The Covered Wagon).

In conjunction with the jubilee a book was also published, Fertsik Yor Folksbiene (Forty Years Folksbiene) (New York, 1955, 207 pp.), edited by Jacob Fishman, Louis Mann and Benjamin Stabin, with articles by Jacob Fishman, Louis Mann and Benjamin Stabin, with articles and stories about the Folksbiene, the members of the ensemble, with biographies of the ensemble and a bibliography of many scenes from the productions.

In his article, 31 yor Folksbiene (31 Years of Folksbiene), David Licht writes:

“The Folksbiene is in the avant-garde of our better Yiddish theatre. As an avant-garde group, it had clear and predetermined goals and ideals for itself. The goals of the Folksbiene were, and still are, the same ones that have marked all Yiddish avant-garde theatres. ... The Yiddish avant-garde theatre was the first in the Yiddish theatre to give a proper place to the new creator -- the director. ... There are surely capable and indeed talented people there. There is a will and stubbornness to maintain and continue the work for a better social Yiddish theatre in America."