Plays produced at: Kvutsat Avoda {work group) Ensemble

Priqu-el & Siqu-el Inherit a Cult

by Ben Sgerski / Yuval Steinberg

When the immortal leader of a mysterious cult in the south of Israel suddenly dies one evening, her two sons, Prequel and Sequel, try to prevent the orphaned community from falling apart. When they discover a dfilm crew has infiltrated the cult in order to film a documentary, everything they know about themselves and the… Read more

The Israeli Patient

A mysterious wounded man lies in a hospital room. With every visitor who comes to see him, the mystery surrounding his true identity and the circumstances of his arrival grows more complicated. The play explores the ways in which art, politics, and spirituality can help us cope with past traumas. An Israeli story about people… Read more

Welcome

A Horror comedy – A tough Jewish contractor, moves with his young wife to a villa he built in an arab village. He dreams of developing the place for the benefit of all its residents and a rapid increase in real estate prices, but receives a cold reception. After a violent incident with some of… Read more

Jungle in the villa

 A black comedy about love and war A young couple rents a rural housing unit from a couple on the verge of divorce. When the property owners suddenly demand that their new tenants vacate the house, the fantasy of love in the country side becomes a war of attrition.

Pawns

Pawns is a political satire about characters who imagine themselves in positions of power. Noam, an unemployed academic scholar, gets a job working for a mysterious couple, who demand to treat them as if they were the Prime Minster and the First Lady of Israel. At first, Noam refuses to participate in this ridiculous madness…. Read more

Lady Amar

An older woman is taken in the night  against her will into a shabby apartment. She identifies herself as Pauline Weiss, and demands her “captors” to return her back home, to her loving rich and powerful husband. They tell her that she is in fact their mother, Jacqueline Amar, a poor Moroccan widow who worked as a cleaning women most… Read more

Suspicious Incident

Genre: Absurd, Comedy, Satire

 A black comedy about six minor characters in leading roles  Yohanan Bloom is stabbed by his wife and lies dead beneath his dumbfounded children. Adina, his wife, cannot explain to their children this unexpected murderous act, yet implores them to save her from going to jail. They decide to throw their father’s body near a remote settlement… Read more