Triggered by the October 7th massacre, this satirical performance confronts the most difficult questions facing Jewish identity, through the lens of dark humor and unflinching honesty. The Show: Israeli artists Roy Horovitz and Hadar Galron take audiences on a journey that begins with a simple question: “Why does everybody hate us?”. What follows is a… Read more
A family dramedy about identity, religion and fate After suffering a stroke, Bella (80), reveals to her family her life-hidden secret -she’s a Jew… she doesn’t want this to disturb their lives, she just requests “a small favour”; when her time comes, she wantd to be buried as a Jew. Magda, her closest granddaughter,… Read more
YOUSEF Synopsis Setting: Jerusalem, Israel, 2023. Could an Israeli-Palestinian actor star in the role of Herzl, the founding father of Zionism? Yousef is a script which deals with some of the heaviest of dilemmas: national and religious identity, the eternal conflict between politics and art, and the sacrifice one must make as they fight for… Read more
The play deals with the trial of Adolf Eichmann held in Israel in 1961, and it reveals the pressures that the German government exerted on the Israeli government, and subsequently the pressures that the Israeli government exerted on the prosecutor Gideon Hausner during the trial.
In a demilitarized zone where two rival soldiers are trapped with a kidnapped child. Alongside the main characters appear a prostitute, an ambassador, a mother of a fallen soldier, and a news reporter. The narrative presents absurd, dramatic, and poetic scenes, highlighting the complexity, pain, and contradictions in the conflict zone.
Lilian is forced to confront the return of her ex-husband. He now returns to ask for forgiveness, after abandoning her, lonely and childless. His sudden return causes the fragile world in which she lives to begin to crack. The play premiered, directed by Yagil Eliraz, in 2007 at the Freed Center in Ohio and received… Read more
Two window cleaners, both refugees from civil war, hang on abseil cables outside of a skyscraper. They have got a job to do and have agreed not to talk about the past. While cleaning the windows, they follow the inaccessible world of well-heeled Western business people. Through a visual metaphor, this play explores concepts as… Read more
