Gandolfo & Lubin

The Zeesie Project has been working for over five years to turn Elsa Okon Rael's beautiful stories about growing up on the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1930s into family musicals. Begun with Elsa herself collaborating with Shellen Lubin and Matthew Gandolfo on two musicals, the work has continued since Elsa's unfortunate death in December of 2020.

The two musicals from Elsa's books are What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street and When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street.