“These Days, This Time” is a satirical political cabaret for an actor and an actress. Its title is a take off on one of Chanukah’s (a Jewish holiday) songs, named “In those days, in that time”, describing a miracle done in the far past. I changed the title in order to make explicit my intention… Read more
On the 100’th birthday of Abraham Goldman, one of the first settlers in “Givat Yehushua”, his family gathered to celebrate. The next morning Goldman is found in critical condition after being poisoned. The struggle to reveal the truth about his life and death becomes a struggle for the fate of the land. The… Read more
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.
And the Rat Laughed is an original opera in Hebrew based on Nava Semel’s accliamed novel from 2001. The music was composed by Israeli comopser Ella Milch-Sheriff. This novel dealing with the horrors of the Holocaust and the influence of this harrowing chapter of human history was highly praised for its courage in employing original… Read more
The play takes place in an unnamed South American country. King Bonifacius Victor Felix of the House of Hohenschwaden, and his son, Crown Prince Ferdinand, flee their kingdom, Great Bogomania. There, in the old country, the father was the benevolent monarch. Today he calls himself Felix Van Shvank and barely makes a living giving French… Read more
In the 1971 documentary film on the making of the Gypsies of Jaffa, Nissim Aloni describes being interviewed by a French Canadian TV channel, in French. He goes on to tell how he answered all questions in fluent French, up until the question: Monsieur Aloni, what is the story of your play? –Here, he says,… Read more
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
