Maya Arad Yasur‘s latest play AMSTERDAM is one of six plays selected for the Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin which will take place in May 2018.
AMSTERDAM will have a staged reading in Festival d’Avignon in July 2018, in the context of the France-Israel events (translated to French by Laurence Sendrowicz)
Her play SUSPENDED will have a German premiere in October 2018 at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen
17/3/18 was a first World Premiere of I❤MAMMA by Hadar Galron
A comedy with dramatic streaks about the challenges of modern Motherhood.
Originally written for and with (via improv.) third year students at Beit-Zvi schol of dramatic arts, I made a new version of the play – (changed the outline story) especially for ABC Municipal Theatre of Prague.
Directed by : Petr Svojtka – Artistic Director at ABC theatre Asisstant writer : Nufar Hurvitz
The Secrets – a play by Hadar Galron ( inspired by the screenplay she wrote with director Avi Nesher , was staged only recently in Israel (October ’17) , produced by the Beit-Lessin theatre in Tel-Aviv. Before the Israeli production it was commissioned by the Mlada Boleslav theatre in the Czech Republic . Galron’s earlier play , Mikveh, was on stage at the MB theatre for 2 years, and before the final show they made sure they had a contract for her next play . Only this time Galron was invited to personally direct the play .
Galron says: “Directing in a foreign language is a new challenge but I never say ‘no’ to adventures like this -especially as it’s in the Czech Republic that I love so much”
The Play “Mikveh” by Hadar Galron -will be premiered this coming April (Opening night 19/4/18 ) at the Harold Green Jewish Theater in Toronto. This will be the 11th internaional production of Galron’s first play, that was originally staged in 2005, produced by “Beit- Lessin Theatre” in Tel-Aviv. It was nominated for 6 Theatre Awards and won two, including “Play of the Year”. The longest run of “Mikveh” is, surprisingly, not in a Jewish Theater but in the National Theater of the Czech Republic – ‘Narodni Divadlo’- there it has been on stage since 2007 until today ! (This is the 11th, and probably final, season)
Director at HG Jewish Theater : Liza Balkan Dramatourge : Goren Agmon
A Russian-French production of Krum by Hanoch Levin, directed by Jean Belloriniwhich was performed in January. in the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, then crossed Europe and performed in Théâtre Gérard Philipe in Saint-Denis, France, where it gained critical acclaim.
The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama, which represents the production rights to Hanoch Levin’s plays abroad, announced that Krum has had the largest number of productions abroad. It has been performed in France, Poland, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, The Czech Republic, Morocco, and Brazil.
The Czech premiere of The Disabled by Gur Koren was held at the Kladno Theatre after being performed to great success in Rome last year.
The playwright will be the guest of honor at a performance on March 22
The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama announced that the rights to Gur Koren’s plays (The Disabled and Five KG Sugar) have also been sold in Germany, and additional productions are anticipated.
A British production of the play “Under the Skin“, by Yonatan Calderon, will take place on July in Women and War Festival in London. The play, directed by Ariella Eshed and produced by Tik-Sho-Ret theatre company, deals with an impossible love affair between a lesbian Nazi officer and a female Jewish prisoner in WWII.
https://www.womenandwar.co.uk/under-the-skin
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The show “Under the Skin”, written by Yonatan Calderon and directed by Rakefet Binyamin, will be performed at the MoldFest international theater festival. The festival will be held from the 1st till the 7th of December in Kishinev, Moldova.
The show, along with the performance “Rishomon”, was elected out of 18 other Israeli nominees to represent Israel at the festival.
The show “Under the Skin” is based on a true story of an impossible love affair between a lesbian Nazi officer and a female Jewish prisoner in Nuengamme labour camp.
The show, attended by Israeli ambassador in Moldova, Mr. Oren David, will comance the festival, whose first day will mark 70 years since the end of World War II.
International Exposure Program 2015
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What is the Monthly Swap?
Well it is very similar to Lama Theater Company’s Monthly Question but with a TWIST…
Throughout the month of September we are going to ask the same question in New York and in Tel Aviv,
and receive submissions of short plays /Monologues/Poems and songs until the beginning of October.
We will choose five/ six pieces that address the question differently from each country.
THEN… we SWAP the artist’s work so that Israeli artists work will be presented in New York and the American artists
work will be presented in Tel Aviv for our Monthly Cold reading series on October 19th.
Important Dates:
Oct 3rd- playwrights/poets/song writers submission deadline!
Oct 8th -announcement of chosen works.
Oct 19th – performance night at 8:30pm in New York and Israel.
Casting on the spot starts at 8pm, show at 8:30pm.
New York Location: The Kriane Theater (85 East 4th Street, NYC)
Tel Aviv Location: Ozen Bar (King George St 48, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel)
READ BEFORE SUBMITTING!
Scripts must be related to our monthly question.
The Monthly Swap Question is:
WHAT IS YOUR ENEMY?
What inspires you when you read the question?
We are interested in what you are thinking about and how the question might affect the work you do. Gather whatever inspiration the questions give you, and use it to fuel your chosen discipline. The questions are open to many interpretations!
When you submit please keep in mind that Lama encourage artistic exploration, provoking and risk-taking writing.
Short plays are limited to 10 pages or less (we find less is better) in standard playwriting formats.
Poems/ Monologues are limited to 2 pages.
Song samples should be mp3 and no more than 3 minutes.
One submission per artist.
Only submissions by electronic attachment will be accepted, Microsoft Word document or PDF.
Playwrights can be from anywhere in United States or Israel , but plays must be in English.
Submit a BLIND copy of your script and include a list of characters/descriptions.
E-mail your script/song/poem to: [email protected]
Please include the title of the play and the country you’re submitting from in the subject line.
‘The Playwrights’ is a unique theatrical event, Produced by The Israeli Drama Development Fund, aimed to enable young, original and innovative theater productions. In every event, four new short plays (up to 20 minutes each) are being debuted. The four plays, by four Israeli playwrights, are based on one common subject, elected by the audience through Facebook, and written on one night only. The writers share the writing night, and support each other through the process. After the plays are written, four young teams of directors and actors, are put into a few weeks of action, up to the final debut night in front of the audience. The whole event re-occurs every two months .
Another aim of this project is to establish a community of theater artists, audience and supporters, which will form a base for promotion and development of original Israeli Drama. The incomes will be dedicated to covering costs and to creating a financial fund for the support of Israeli contemporary Drama.
opening night – 3/30/15 in Tzavta
17-18/12
14/48 the “world’s quickest theater project” is a speed theatre that takes place in Tel Aviv, at tzavta theatre. The project started in seattle, Wasington. in 1997
The name of the festival derives from the unique format of creating and presenting 14 world-premiere short plays over the course of two days, or 48 hours.
The first evening begins with a private meeting of the participants. The playwrights, directors, actors and producers all write ideas for themes for the following night’s plays on pieces of paper.
One theme is (literally) pulled out of a hat, and the seven playwrights turn to the task of writing a 10-minute play each on the randomly drawn theme.
Early the following morning, the seven playwrights submit their plays and in randomly assembled teams (again, drawn from a hat) the seven teams have 10 hours to rehearse
and then present those seven plays. The audience for that first evening of plays then submits ideas for themes for the following night’s plays.
