Posts Tagged: English

The Admission (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A play about memory and denial in the context of what Israelis call their “War of Independence” and the Palestinians call their “Nakba”. The play is set in Haifa in 1988 AND portrays two families, one Jewish one Palestinian. Some of the families’ members are trying to reveal the events that took place during the… Read more

Between Two Worlds (Sara von Schwarze)

Genre: Drama

 Summary 73-year-old Abraham, a well-respected congregant of Munich’s Jewish community, is to be honoured with an official birthday ceremony, when the night before an unexpected guest appears at his and his (significantly younger) long-term partner Sabine’s apartment: Totally unexpected Ruth, Abraham’s grown-up daughter, shows up . We realize Abraham hadn’t seen her for years. Ruth… Read more

The Dybbuk (Roy Chen)

Genre: Drama , Tragedy

Hanan, a poor Yeshiva student, deeply involved in Kabbalah, learned that his beloved Lea, daughter of the wealthy man of the shtetl, will be given to another guy. His incongruous death changes the cause of the events. The story takes an incredible turnover. His soul gets stuck between two worlds. He isn’t dead and not… Read more

Five KG Sugar (Gur Koren)

Genre: Absurd , Comedy , Comic Drama , Farce

The story of Gur, whose late grandfather appears to him through people he knows and randomly meets. Gur is sent on a mission that takes him from sugar smuggling in WWII to the bed of a lecturer in Eastern European history. Set in Tel Aviv, and written in the style of a mockumentary, the play… Read more