Posts Tagged: United States

Hard Love (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A play about a secular writer and his ultra-Orthodox ex-wife who are trying to re-marry after twenty years of divorce, but discover that they have changed so much that living together is impossible.

Masked (Ilan Hatzor)

Genre: Drama

An explosive Israeli play about three Palestinian brothers. Set during the Intifada with the Israeli-Arab struggle as its backdrop, Masked depicts the tragedy of one family torn between duty, kinship, principles and survival. “Powerful! Remarkably of the moment…” -The New York Times “Provocative drama. An articulate calculus of loyalty and betrayal.” -The New Yorker “A… Read more

Apples from the Desert (Savyon Liebrecht)

Genre: Comedy

(Best Play Award, 2006) A romantic comedy about Sephardi-Jewish parents from Jerusalem whose only daughter runs away from home to live on a kibbutz with a secular man. With a comic, generous and hope-filled spirit, the play sketches the life of young Israelis under the shadow of terrifying social rifts – the ethnic rift between… Read more