Plays in genre: Historical Play

WHISTLE

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

From Crystal to Smoke

by Ori Egoz / Jacques Attali

The play unfolds the meeting held by the top leadership of the Third Reich three days after Kristallnacht, and which is considered by historians to be one of the most important meetings that moved Germany to the elimination stage in “solving the Jewish problem”. The meeting was attended by high officials of the Nazi government,… Read more

There And Back Again

by Gadi Sedaka / Yehonadav Sedaka

“There and Back Again” is a thrilling and deeply moving drama inspired by the true story of Israeli pilots and soldiers captured in Egypt during the 1970 War of Attrition, leading up to the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Amidst the harsh conditions of captivity—facing isolation, interrogations, and the constant struggle to survive—the prisoners find a… Read more

The witness

by Hadas Kalderon / Oded Ehrlich

‘The Witness’ is a play about the extraordinary life story of one considered the greatest of Yiddish poets   . The witness is a play about the extraordinary life story of one considered the greatest of Yiddish poets in the world Abraham Sutzkever. Sutzkever was a partisan fighter and a key member of the Paper… Read more

Majnun Layla

In a small Bedouin village during a time when marriage was a family affair, two teenagers fall madly in love. Qais, a gangly and enlightened boy, is a migrant from the city, seeking his place in the rough rural society. Layla, a brave and strong-willed girl, submits to an arranged marriage forced upon her to… Read more