Sara von Schwarze Actress and Playwright Director

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Agent:
The Institute of Israeli Drama eMail

Education

1989- 1992
Acting
Beit Zvi, School of Drama, Ramat Gan

1987
Drawing Course
Harold Rubin

Professional Experience

1992 – 2013

Theatre
Participated at Israel’s leading theatres: Be’er-Sheva Theater (1992-1996), Beit Lessin (1996,2011-2012), Hasifriyah (1997), Habima – the national theater (1996-1998), Cameri theater of Tel-Aviv (1998-2014) Ballhaus Naunynstraße berlin (2010). Schauspielbühnen Stuttgart (2012). Partial list of roles:
· “Singer” by Peter Flannery; directed by Michael Levinson; played the part of Ruby
· “My Mother Said I Never Should ” by Charlotte Keatley; directed by Ido Riklin; played Jacky Metcalfe
· “Remembrance” by Graham Reid; directed by Itzik Weingarten; played the part of Joan
· “The Workroom” by Jean Claude Grumberg; directed by Yoram Polack; played the part of Simone
· “Sickness of Youth” by Ferdinand Bruckner; directed by Ido Riklin; played the part of Desiree
· “The Lime Works” by Christian Lupe, based on a novel by Thomas Bernhard; directed by Christian Lupe; played the part of Mrs. Konrad
· “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare; directed by Shachar Segal; Titania and Hyppolita
· “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov; directed by Nola Chelton; played the part of Yelena
· “Most Merciless is the King” by Nissim Aloni; directed by Hanan Shnir; played the part of Maaka
· “Best Friends” by Anat Gov; directed by Edna Mazia; played the part of Laly
· “Nora” by Henrik Ibsen as interpreted by Ingmar Bergman; directed by Ilan Ronen; played Christina Linda
· “Copenhagen” by Michael Frayn; directed by Micha Levinson; played the part of Margareta
· “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” by Peter Nichols; directed by Ido Riklin; played the part of Pam
· “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare; directed by Omri Nitzan; played the part of Gertrude
· “The Father” by August Strindberg; directed by Yossi Polack; played the part of Laura
· “O God” by Anat Gov; directed by Edna Mazia; played the part of the therapist
· “Addicted” by Nawa Zukerman; directed by Nawa Zukerman
· “Men Business” by Franz Xaver Kroetz; directed by Yagil Eliraz; played the part of Martha
· “Request Concert ” by Franz Xaver Kroetz; directed by Michael Ronen
· “Johnny Left” by Jonathan Geffen; directed by Eldad Ziv; played the part of Galia
· “Seven Jewish Children” by Caryl Churchill; directed by Samih Jabarin
· “warten auf Adam Spielman” by Haken Savas and Ensemble; directed by Michael Ronen (Berlin)
· “Überall in der Badewanne wo nicht Wasser ist” by Gesine Danckwart; directed by Nawa Zukerman
· “Romeo And Juliet” by Shakespeare; directed by Noam Shmuel
· “Mimuna” by Hana Azoulay-Hasfari; directed by Kfir Azulay 2012
· “Between the Two Worlds” by Sara von Schwarze; directed by Manfred Langner (Stuttgart &Tel –Aviv)2013
· “friends of friends” written and directed by Helel Mittelpunkt 2014

1997 – 2014

Directing and Teaching
· Directed two plays, Beit Zvi (1997)
· Served as examiner for scholarships, Sharet Foundation (1997-2008)
· Member of the artistic committee, Akko Festival (1998-2000)
· Active acting teacher at Beit Zvi, Yoram Levinstein’s Acting Studio – her own initiative and acting method “The Physics of Acting” (2007-2014)
· Directed the Play “Constellations” by Nick Payne 2014

1993 – 2014
Television and Film
· “New Land”, directed by Orna Ben Dor (1993)
· “Small Country, Big Man”, directed by Abraham Hafner; played the part of Mina (1998)
· Morning show for parents, hosted the “On the Edge” corner (2000)
· “The Court” series; played the part of a surrogate mother (2000)
· “Meorav Yerushalmi” – 13-episode series for Israel’s Channel 10; played the part of Leah (protagonist)
· “Intensive Care” for Israel’s Channel 2 (2002)
· “Meorav Yerushalmi”, Season 2, Channel 2 (2004)
· “Best Friends”, Miniseries for Hot 3; directed by Edna Mazia (2005)
· “Meorav Yerushalmi”, Season 3, Channel 2 (2008)
· “Srugim”, Channel 2, Channel 10, Yes Cable (2008)
· “2, 3 In a Week”, Season 1, Channel 10; directed by Schahar Berlovich (2011)
· “Emepria – Zaguri”, Daliy series for Hot; directed by Rani Saar and Maor Zagori (2013-2014)

Writing
· Satirical pieces for Television in “Sit Down/Get Up” for the “On the Edge” corner (2000)
· “In Between” – a bilingual play (German-Hebrew), co-produced between Schauspielbühnen Stuttgart and the Cameri-Theatre of Tel-Aviv (2012)

Additional Experience

1998 – 2010
Human Rights
· Set in motion the legislation for the recognition of childcare as a tax-deductible expense.
· Active in the federation and actors’ union for the rights of artists and protection of actresses
· Volunteers in women’s events
· Volunteers in Mesila, an organization which acts for the rights of children of foreign workers

1987 – 1989
Military Service
Full mandatory service in the Israeli Defense Forces as a psycho-technical profile interviewer

Awards

2013

2006
Israeli Theater Award for writing the play “In Between”.
Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality Award in the name of Abraham Ben Yossef, received for the role in “In Between”

Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality Award in the name of Abraham Ben Yossef, received for the role in “The Father”

2004

Israeli Film and Television Academy Award for best actress for the role in “Meorav Yerushalmi”
2002

Israeli Theater Award for the role played in “Copenhagen”
2001

Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality Award in the name of Abraham Ben Yossef, received for the role in “Copenhagen”
1999

Keshet’s Theater Actor of the Year Award, received with Keren Mor and Anat Waxman for “Best Friends”
Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality Award in the name of Abraham Ben Yossef, received for the role played
in “Best Friends”
1992
Three full scholarships for the America-Israel Fund
Zvi Klir Award for Distinguished Actress
Award for a classical role – Leonore Savitale in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Torquato Tasso

Skills & Interests

Languages
Hebrew – Native
German – Excellent Command
English – Excellent Command
Art
Drawing, sculpting and writing

Plays

Between Two Worlds Drama Subject: Childhood, Family, Holocaust, Human Soul, Judaism, Religion and Faith, War | 2012 he | English German   
Passport please Absurd Subject: Religion and Faith | he | German   
The Binding Comic Drama Subject: The Land of Israel, Humor, Parent-Child Relationship, Crisis |   

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