Stage One Amateur English Theatre Festival: The Keys to the City

Jerusalem is home to many English-language theater groups, run byvolunteers whose immigrant pasts allow for a unique commentary on localissues and identity. During Passover 2010, Beit Avi Chai will spotlight this thriving subculture through three days thatshowcase the finest English-language drama Jerusalem has to offer.

The Keys to the City• Thursday, April 1st, 18:00 / Friday, April 2nd, 11:00

An original one-act opera that draws on historical sources to depict the British seizure of Jerusalem from the Turks in 1917, and the efforts of one Jewish woman to save her husband from forced conscription in the Austro-Hungarian army.Written by Robert BinderDirected by Robert Binder & Paul SalterThe ENCORE theatre company

Admission: NIS 40; students: NIS 20