Posts Tagged: United States

Benedictus ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Drama, Thriller-Horror

A political thriller that takes place 72 hours before an American attack on the nuclear facilities in Iran. An Israeli arms dealer who was born in Iran tries to rescue his sister from Teheran and offers arms to an Iranian politician, who struggles to postpone the American attack.The play is… קראו עוד

Autumn ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Psychological Drama

A drama about a doctor who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1896 to become a farmer. After 30 years he doesn’t feel rooted at home, and wants to begin a new life. He falls in love with his former lover’s daughter, but is caught by his wife and children who… קראו עוד

At Night’s End ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Drama

August 2006. Members of a family in Haifa are gathering for the wedding ceremony of their middle son in the midst of the Second Lebanon War. The father and three sons have each served in the army. All of them have been continuously trying to pretend that their war traumas… קראו עוד

Paulus ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Drama, Periodical Drama

The surrealistic tragedy of St. Paul the Apostle (6AD – 67AD), an Ultra Orthodox Jew, employed at the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, who tried to repair the world by creating a Universalist religion based on Jesus’ idea of redemption, and found himself forced to separate from Judaism and to establish… קראו עוד

The Admission ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Drama

A play about memory and denial in the context of what Israelis call their “War of Independence” and the Palestinians call their “Nakba”. The play is set in Haifa in 1988 AND portrays two families, one Jewish one Palestinian. Some of the families’ members are trying to reveal the events… קראו עוד

Best Friends ( Anat Gov )

ז’אנר: Comedy

Thirty years of close friendship between Sophie, Tirzah and Lelly come to a painful end. A year later they are forced to meet again for one evening during which their entire relationship is viewed with wit, humor and sadness, love and hate, envy and mutual respect. This is a story… קראו עוד

Hard Love ( Motti Lerner )

ז’אנר: Drama

A play about a secular writer and his ultra-Orthodox ex-wife who are trying to re-marry after twenty years of divorce, but discover that they have changed so much that living together is impossible.