Posts Tagged: Drama

Pollard (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

 A political drama about the scandal created by the Israeli intelligence services that hired an American Jew employed by the American navy to spy for Israel. The story is told from Pollard’s point of view in jail, and his wife’s point of view, tied to her bed, in a mental hospital in Israel.

A Momentary Kingdom (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Poetic Drama

 “Momentary Kingdom” is a play about the life in exile of the German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. From the time he began writing he was persecuted by the King of Prussia for his criticism of the Prussian regime. In 1831 he was forced to flee Germany and find refuge in Paris. The King of Prussia continued… Read more

The Hastening of the End (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A theatrical exploration of the theological and ideological infrastructure of the massacre of 29 Moslems committed by Dr. Baruch Goldstein at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in 1995.

Passing the Love of Women (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

 A play inspired by “Two” a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer (written in collaboration with Israel Zamir) about two yeshiva students in 19th century Poland who discover that they are homosexual. They run away from their town and find refuge in the big city of Lublin where they must live as husband and wife. 

Benedictus (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Thriller-Horror

A political thriller that takes place 72 hours before an American attack on the nuclear facilities in Iran. An Israeli arms dealer who was born in Iran tries to rescue his sister from Teheran and offers arms to an Iranian politician, who struggles to postpone the American attack. The play is An Iran-Israel-US collaborationCreated by… Read more

Autumn (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Psychological Drama

A drama about a doctor who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1896 to become a farmer. After 30 years he doesn’t feel rooted at home, and wants to begin a new life. He falls in love with his former lover’s daughter, but is caught by his wife and children who kill him to stop the… Read more

Pangs of the Messiah (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A political drama about the right-wing settlers in the West Bank who oppose the peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and blow up the holy mosques in Jerusalem to sabotage it.  

At Night’s End (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

August 2006. Members of a family in Haifa are gathering for the wedding ceremony of their middle son in the midst of the Second Lebanon War. The father and three sons have each served in the army. All of them have been continuously trying to pretend that their war traumas did not affect their life,… Read more

The Murder of Isaac (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Poetic Drama , Satire Cabaret

A play about the assassination of Yitzhak (Isaac) Rabin, Israel’s former prime minister following his peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The play is an enactment of the assassiantion as perfromed by 12 inmates, suffering accute PTSD in a mental hospital in israel, exploring the infrastructure of Israeli society in an attempt to present the deep… Read more