The original play “biot Rishonot” (“First Comings”) announced the arrival of a unique and moving voice to the Israeli stage. Uri Nitzan, a psychiatrist and playwright, wrote in an unusual language, rich in beauty and depth, a powerful play on the struggle of modern man for intimacy. This play enables a rare and somewhat forbidden… Read more
Tammy was born as an only child to two Auschwitz survivors. Her mother survived as the (Jewish!) secretary of Dr. Mengele. Tammy was born after the war, but her parents’ past haunted her childhood and stole her natural right to happiness. At the age of 45, Tammy discovers that she has not ever really been… Read more
One woman in five voices. After ten years of fertility treatments, Tamar finally gives birth to a son. It should be the happiest moment of her life. So why isn’t she happy? Why can’t she kiss him, hold him, breastfeed him…? Even looking at him makes her feel sick. The nurse in the maternity ward… Read more
Chef Noam Amir, a rising star in the local culinary scene, finds himself in debt just before opening his new bistro in Paris. Noam’s late father, Moshiko – the owner of the legendary “Moshiko’s Hummus” – appears to him and offers a deal he can’t refuse. Thus, Noam finds himself returning to his childhood home,… Read more
A family dramedy about identity, religion and fate After suffering a stroke, Bella (80), reveals to her family her life-hidden secret -she’s a Jew… she doesn’t want this to disturb their lives, she just requests “a small favour”; when her time comes, she wantd to be buried as a Jew. Magda, her closest granddaughter,… Read more
Son and Bride are filled with excitement as their wedding day approaches, and both families are walking on air. Today, at noon, something happened between Respected man, the bride’s father, and N., Son’s mother. ‘The Event’ sends shockwaves through the two families, shaking their worlds to the core. In the face of turmoil, each character’s… Read more
Mr. Luzinski is a clerk at the Anglo-Palestine Bank, in the year 1950. Every morning, he arrives at the nicest branch in Tel Aviv with an umbrella. It may be August, but you can never be too sure. His days pass by uneventfully, until one day Luzinski uncovers a shocking revelation about the branch manager,… Read more
an absurd one-act play focusing on a seemingly ordinary family situation: the parents informing their children that they are separating. The play is narrated by the son
The play is a poetic comedy about a family on a train with quite a few communication problems, fleeing their homeland. The parents make all the possible mistakes in trying to break the bad news to their daughter, who for her part only talks to strangers. The train travels, passes cities and countries. No one… Read more
Here’s the translation: Avigail is a widow far too young—she’s not even forty yet. On the anniversary of her husband’s death, she meets Tomer, his best friend, through whom she discovers that her late husband left her a very unusual will. Before his death, he identified three potential men in an attempt to ensure she’d… Read more