{"id":26868,"date":"2026-10-04T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/playwright\/%d7%90%d7%91%d7%a0%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%9f-%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a1\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:36:18","slug":"%d7%90%d7%91%d7%a0%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%9f-%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a1","status":"publish","type":"playwright","link":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/playwright\/%d7%90%d7%91%d7%a0%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%9f-%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a1\/","title":{"rendered":"Avner Ben-Amos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1951 in Tel-Aviv, is a playwright, graduate of the theater department<br \/>\nof the Hebrew University (1977). He is a recipient of the Israeli Playwright of the Year award<br \/>\n(2017), with Micha Lewensohn and Dror Keren, for the adaptation of David Grossman\u2019s novel <em>A<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Horse Walks into a Bar<\/em> (staged at the Cameri Theatre, 2017 &#8211; 2026). He specializes in<br \/>\ndocu-dramas and the adaptation of novels for the stage. His last play: <em>Rami and Bassam:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Apeirogon<\/em>, an adaptation of the novel of Colum McCann, <em>Apeirogon<\/em> (Jaffa Theatre, 2025-2026).<br \/>\nHe is also a historian, a staff member of Tel-Aviv University.<\/p>\n<p>List of Plays:<br \/>\n<em>Sara \u2013 A Stubborn Woman<\/em> \u2013 1986, Acre Festival and the Library Theater (Ramat-Gan)<br \/>\n<em>Dionysus at the Center<\/em>, with Ruth Kanner, 2004-2005, Ruth Kanner\u2019s Theater Group.<br \/>\n<em>He Walks through the Fields<\/em>, with Mor Frank, 2013-2014, Ruth Kanner\u2019s Theater Group.<br \/>\nThe Summer of 1967, 2017, Tel-Aviv Museum.<br \/>\n<em>A Horse Enters into a Bar<\/em>, with Micha Lewensohn and Dror Keren, 2017-2026, Cameri<br \/>\nTheater.<\/p>\n<p>Year Zero: 1929<em>,\u00a0<\/em>2021-2022, Jaffa Theater<\/p>\n<p><em>Rami and Bassam: Apeirogon,\u00a0<\/em>2025-2026, JaffaThatre; 2026, Voices Festival, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsolistparagraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 150%\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1951 in Tel-Aviv, is a playwright, graduate of the theater department of the Hebrew University (1977). He is a recipient of the Israeli Playwright of the Year award (2017), with Micha Lewensohn and Dror Keren, for the adaptation of David Grossman\u2019s novel A Horse Walks into a Bar (staged at the Cameri Theatre,&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/playwright\/%d7%90%d7%91%d7%a0%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%9f-%d7%a2%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a1\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-26868","playwright","type-playwright","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/playwright\/26868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/playwright"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/playwright"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/playwright\/26868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26874,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/playwright\/26868\/revisions\/26874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramaisrael.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}