Beit
Avi Chai and Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah
present Stage One #2: Amateur English Theater Festival
Jerusalem, Passover, 2011 | April 20-22, 2011
During Passover 2011, Beit Avi Chai, in collaboration with Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah, is devoting three
days to the very best of Jerusalem English-language Theater, shining a
spotlight on this thriving subculture while offering a unique perspective on
issues of identity and culture from both the local and international
perspectives.
Artistic Director of the Festival: Rafi Poch
Day 3: Friday April 22, 2011
Theater
The Maccabee Queen
11:30 AM
Alexandra of Judea (Shlomzion HaMalka) ruled as the last queen of the
independent kingdom of Judea. She and her ally, Cleopatra III of Egypt, lived
in an epic era, full of conflicts that echo down to the present in this
fast-moving, action-packed tale of an important - and little known - period of
history.
Written & Directed by: Lauri Donahue
The
Pianist
12 PM
This is the story of a Polish-Jewish musician struggling to survive the
destruction of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. The 'Encore!' adaptation
is based on Szpilman's book and excerpts from the diary of the German officer
who saved him.
Stage director: Robert Binder | Musical director: Paul Salter | Actor: Daniel
Shapiro
Encore! Educational Theatre Company
Fable
of the Goat
9:30 AM
The Agnon House presents a play based on a story by S.Y. Agnon.
Agnon uses language to evoke pathos, humor and biblical narrative in this
dramatic story.
While the story line can be appreciated by children, the deeper level of
complexity will be understood by mature audiences.
Director: Eli Kaplan-Wildmann
Sabbath
Variations: The Splendor of Space
9:30 AM
Created by: "24/6: A Jewish Theater Company" from NY City.
A wild and imaginative evening of six short theatrical variations which explore
people in confined spaces confronting spirituality as a response to the excess
of modern industrial society.
The original short plays are based on the Talmudic story of Shimon Bar-Yochai
as recounted and interpreted by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel in his classic
book "The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man."
Music
The Jerusalem Barbershop Ensemble - 11 AM
Prices:
Theater: 50 NIS, students: 20 NIS
Stand-Up: 30 NIS, students: 20 NIS
Music: admission free, subject to available space
Special prices and package deals & more information: www.bac.org.il
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