Evelyn Krape is Artistic Co-Director of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre. She is an Australian acting icon, with more than 30 years’ experience in theatre, film and television and has won numerous awards and honours. Her acting credits include her Green Room Award-winning performance in A Toast To Melba, her one‑woman show Female Parts and performances for Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox, 11th Hour, Victoria Opera Company, the Malthouse and Shakespeare in the Park. Her television appearances include Australia You’re Standing In It, Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Laid. Film credits include Dimboola, The Sound of One Hand Clapping and the voice of “the Old Ewe” in the award-winning animated movies Babe 1 & 2.

In 2011 she toured internationally as part of the Yiddish group show Ek Velt. For KYT, she appeared in several cabarets, directed the 2019 productions Play Me A Poem at the National Theatre and the sold-out season of Yiddish Divas for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival at Chapel-Off-Chapel. She capped off 2019 with a Green Room Award Nomination for Best Artiste for her performance in KYT’s The Ghetto Cabaret (fortfivedownstairs) and shared the Best Actor Award at Tropfest. In 2021 she played the title role in King Lear for the Melbourne Shakespeare Company, narrated the new audiobook of Arnold Zable’s novel Scraps of Heaven and co-created its musical stage show. In 2022 she played Yeytser Ho’re / The Evil Inclination in the KYT’s critical acclaimed production of Yentl at the Arts Centre Melbourne.