Drama
Periodical Drama
Historical Play
Subject:
The Land of Israel
History
Illness
War
Crisis
Family
Army

Text in:

he

English

An intimate event around a table, where shared
stories from the Yom Kippur War and the events of October 7, 2023, are revisited,
deconstructed, and reconstructed. The present in the room, and those absent from it,
compose the memory of the war that was, that still is, and the one yet to come.
A dramatic injury on the twelfth day of the Yom Kippur War divides Yoram’s life in
two. On October 18, 1973, Yoram Ashtaklai was injured by a heavy missile strike.
When he woke up in the hospital, his body and soul were shattered. Years later,
Yoram wrote a book about the events—it tells the story of healing against all odds,
thanks to the power of will and love of life. In an attempt to answer the question: Can
one go back home? This is how we started. And then October 2023 arrived.
We felt we needed something to gather around. Suddenly, the past seemed like the
future, and Yoram’s story reflected the painful reality more than ever. It’s an intimate
work happening around a big table, built together by the performers and the
audience. On the table, objects and texts—the book disintegrates into fragments of
earthly memory, in an event that reshapes the story anew. Each evening, the
sequence of actions changes, and the rituals in which the audience is invited to
participate allow us to stay together and process reality.

N THE WAY HOME | RETURN SIGN
Written and directed by Danielle Cohen Levy
Based on a novel by Yoram Eshet-Alkalai, A Man Walks Home

Creators and Performers: Chen Alon, Danielle Cohen Levy, David Cohen Levy, Yotam Einstein and Zvi Sahar
Artistic Advisors: Naomi Yoeli, Noa Nassie and Rotem Elroy | Show and production management: Dana Molcho Fisher

Winner of Play of the Year, Best Direction, Best Play, and Best Ensemble Work awards – Kipod Hazahav the Israeli Fringe Theater Awards 2024

Selected for IsraDrama, International Theater Exposure 2024