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The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv

New Israeli Drama

Israeli Classics Celebrate the Cameri’s 70th Anniversary

Plays from Hebrew Literature

Shakespeare at the Cameri

World Classics

Contemporary World Drama

Musicals and Musical Plays

Continued Successes

Hanoch Levin in the Cameri

The Cameri Center for International Theatre

The Cameri with Rina Yerushalmi’s Itim Ensemble

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3The Cameri, Tel Aviv’s Municipal Theatre, was founded in

1944. It is Israel’s biggest Theatre and one of the country’s

six public Theatres. Each year the Cameri stages up to

ten new productions, together with twenty productions

from previous years, that are performed before audiences

totaling 1,000,000 people. So far, the Cameri has produced

some 500 productions on its various stages, with 2,000

performances every year. The Theatre’s company includes

eighty of Israel’s finest actors, and its plays are directed by

celebrated directors from Israel and abroad.

Since 2003, the Cameri has been situated in the Tel Aviv

Performing Arts Center complex, adjacent to the New Israeli

Opera, the Municipal Library, and the Tel Aviv Museum. The

new Cameri Theatre’s six auditoriums constitute a modern,

vibrant, and active theatrical center.

Throughout the years, the Cameri’s productions have

accumulated more than 100 awards. Under the leadership

of Noam Semel and Omri Nitzan, the Cameri Theatre was

awarded the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement and

Special Contribution to Society and the State of Israel. In

their decision, the judges noted: “The Cameri Theatre is a

young, involved, socially-oriented Theatre that responds to

the reality in which we live”. The Cameri Theatre is engaged

in developing original Israeli drama and strengthening

international ties, fostering collaborations with leading

Theatres all over the world.

The Cameri’s repertoire includes original Israeli pro-

ductions - classic and contemporary - with emphasis

on social and political issues that are at the center of

Israel’s public life. The Cameri also puts on many shows

from the international repertory, including the classics,

contemporary, dramas and musicals.

International Collaborations: The Cameri’s productions

are invited to leading Theatres and festivals throughout

the world. The Cameri hosts its own international festival

every year, with guest performances including Volksbühne,

Schaubühne Berlin, National Theatre of China, The National

Theatre of Norway, TR Warsawa, Berliner Ensemble,

Münchner Kammerspiele, Deutsches Theatre Berlin, St.

Petersburg Mali theatre, and Co-Production with Tokyo

Metropolitan Theatre.

The Cameri has a society of friends headquartered in Tel

Aviv with branches in London and New York. The society

supports the Cameri’s wide range of activities and assists

in advancing projects such as The Peace Foundation,

bringing young Israelis and Palestinians together to see the

Theatre’s productions; Theatre in Education; helping bring

special needs audiences to the Theatre; and supporting the

simultaneous translation of our productions into foreign

languages (English, Russian, French, and Arabic).

Part of the Cameri Theatre is the Hanoch Levin Institute

of Israeli Drama. The Institute, founded by the Cameri’s

General Director Noam Semel, aims to promote Israeli

drama in Israel and abroad. The Institute holds international

showcases, at which the works of Israeli playwrights are

presented.

The CameriTheatre of Tel Aviv

Based on Fallada,Little Man, What Now?

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Shakespeare, Macbeth

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Mazya, A family Affair

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Noam Semel General Director has been serving as General

Director of the Cameri since 1992. During that time, he has

turned the Cameri into the most prodigious and largest

Theatre in Israel that performs all over the country. He

initiated and executed the Theatre’s relocation to its new

home on Leonardo da Vinci Street.

Under his leadership, the Cameri has become a center for

international theatre, where leading Theatres worldwide

come with their productions. The audience that comes to

watch the Cameri productions is quite diverse - more than

40,000 subscribers, schools, tourists, new immigrants,

minorities, and young leadership groups from abroad.

All this is made possible because of the Cameri’s varied

repertory and the surtitles that are offered in English,

Russian, French and Arabic.

Semel served as General Director of the Haifa Municipal

Theatre. He then served as Israel’s Consul for Cultural Affairs

in the United States. He is currently serving as Chair of the

Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama. Mr. Semel is an

active member of the Forum of Israeli Cultural Institutes,

and a committee member of the Israeli Theatre Prize, which

he founded.

Omri Nitzan Artistic Director

1974-1980: Resident Director, Habima, Israel National

Theatre, Tel Aviv; 1979-1980: Resident Director, the Cameri

Theatre of Tel Aviv; 1980-1985: Artistic Director, Haifa

Municipal Theatre; 1985-1990: Artistic Director, Habima;

1991-1993: Artistic Director, Israel Festival, Jerusalem;

1993-present: Artistic Director, The Cameri Theatre.

Among his awards: five-time winner of the Israeli Theatre

Prize for Director of the Year. Five-time winner of the Israeli

Theatre Prize for Production of the Year. His production of

Hamlet at the Cameri Theatre was named Best Production

of the Decade in 2010.

A selection of the plays he directed: A Family Affair and The

Rebels by Edna Mazya; Murder by Hanoch Levin; Ghetto by

Joshua Sobol; Hamlet; Macbeth (all at The Cameri Theatre);

Much Ado About Nothing (Haifa Municipal Theatre); As You

Like It (Be'er Sheva Municipal Theatre).

At the New Israeli Opera, he has directed Donizetti’s L’Elisir

D’Amore (also performed at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and

at Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland), Rossini’s L’Italiana

in Algeri, Verdi’s Nabucco in Tokyo, and Otello, A Journey

to the End of the Millenium by Josef Bardanashvili and

A.B. Yehoshua (also performed at the Rome Opera House),

The Child Dreams by Gil Shohat and Hanoch Levin (also

performed at the May Festspiele in Wiesbaden), and Saint-

Saens’ Samson and Delilah at the Antwerp Opera House.

Mazya, Stempenyu

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For further information please contact:Dr. Varda Fish, Director of International RelationsThe Cameri Theatre of Tel AvivCenter for International [email protected]: +972-3-6061979, Fax: +972-3-606196130 Leonardo da Vinci St., P.O.B. 14033, Tel Aviv 64369, Israel, www.cameri.co.il


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Blaumilch CanalAfter the film by Ephraim Kishon Adapted and directed by Eli Bijaoui and Guri Alfi

A recently escaped mental patient steals a pneumatic drill

and starts drilling in the center of Tel Aviv. A huge commotion

erupts around him, but nobody tries to stop him. No one

wants to be seen as not knowing what is happening in his

sphere of responsibility. As time goes by, and bureaucrats of

all ranks avoid taking responsibility, the hole becomes huge

and endangers not only the city, but the sanity of the street’s

residents, the careers of some municipal officials, and the

future of a charming young couple. Only Casimir Blaumilch

keeps on happily smiling and drilling… Following a series

of bureaucratic snafus, Tel Aviv becomes “the Venice of the

Mediterranean”, with cover-ups, mutual accusations, the

helplessness of the little man, and many others.

Other Ephraim Kishon plays produced by the Cameri Theatre:

The Ketuba, His Name Precedes Him, and Salah Shabati.

Meagre FishA comedy by Miri Hanoch, directed by Edna Mazya

A critical comedy about a bourgeois family in a middle-

class suburb. An illegal female foreign worker is killed in a

fall from a ladder leading to an illegal window in an illegal

wing in the home of a leading lawyer and his wife. The Caspi

family’s attempts to cover up the illegal death lead them to

repeatedly break the law, as they cope with what passes for

their life. Only a few days remain before Shirili’s bat-mitzvah,

and secrets and lies are revealed both on the surface and

below it. By the time the celebration takes place, not one

brick in the house is left standing.

Director Edna Mazya is behind the success of Best Friends,

Househusband, A Warm Family, Oh God, Happy End,

Stempenyu, A Family Affair, and other productions.

photo: Gerard Allon

Sobol, Ghetto

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Israeli Classics Celebrate the Cameri’s 70th Anniversary

The Inn of GhostsBy Nathan Alterman, directed by Yehezkel Lazarov

Hananel leaves his home and devoted wife to go out into

the world and fulfill himself as a virtuoso violinist. His wife,

who aspires to ideal love, acquiesces. For twelve years she

enslaves herself to the abusive son of a moneychanger in

order to help Hananel fulfill his dream. The only condition

she sets is that he swears to come home when he promised

he would. Alterman’s masterwork is a fascinating play

about an artist thirsting for self-fulfillment and recognition,

who ultimately pays a high price for his ambition: when he

forgets his love and breaks his vow, his creative talent is

taken from him.

Everybody Wants to LiveA comedy by Hanoch Levin, directed by Udi Ben Moshe

Everybody wants to live, or more precisely, nobody wants

to die, is the story of the owner of a remote estate, not

miserable, not old, and not sick, who is suddenly doomed to

die by Divine decree. Due to an error in the Angel of Death’s

records he is given a remission of sentence on condition

that he provides a replacement. Who will agree to take his

place? His beloved wife? His lovely sons? His aged parents?

Any old incurable sick person? A despairing cripple? Maybe

a Chinese? And with what can he buy a replacement? Love?

By force? Money?

The world is swarming with replacements, but as our

frightened hero says, “Ah, what a tragedy. Everybody wants

to live!”

GorodishWritten and directed by Hillel Mittelpunkt/Omri Nitzan

In 1973, Major General Shmuel Gorodish finds himself held

responsible for the military failures during the Yom Kippur

War. As a result, he goes from being a lauded commander

to the leper of Israeli society.

Gorodish’s story exposes the modi operandi of the politicial

and military establishments, national paranioas, and the

wishes of an entire nation that, over a period of six years,

founded a vainglorious empire.

Levin, Requiem

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Soul of a JewBy Joshua Sobol, directed by Maor Zaguri

Otto Weininger was a Jewish Viennese philosopher who

decided to convert to Christianity to escape “the curse”

of Judaism. He felt he was living in a sick society whose

values were decayed. Weininger was born in 1880 and

took his own life in 1903, six months after the publication

of his sensational book “Sex and Character,” which caused

an uproar throughout Europe and was later used as

propaganda material by the Nazis. Soul of a Jew, one of

Sobol’s most successful plays, reveals the drama of a

generation who did not believe in the ability of the Jewish

people to redeem itself through Zionism.

The Mission of the HumanResources ManagerA new play by A.B. Yehoshua, directed by Itzik Weingarten

An adaptation of the novel A Woman in Jerusalem by one

of Israel’s greatest novelists about the victim of a suicide

bombing. The human resources manager of a large

Jerusalem bakery is called in to find out if there is any

truth in an exposé to be published in the local paper about

a bakery employee who was killed. The dead woman’s

identity is revealed to be a non-Jewish woman who made a

pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Under pressure from the bakery’s

owner, the manager undergoes a process of self-reflection

and of taking responsibility. He learns something of her life

and embarks on an journey to the snow-covered Russian

steppes, in order to bury her in the village where she was

born. To his surprise, the woman’s mother asks him to take

her back to Jerusalem for burial.

Plays from Hebrew Literature

Mazya, A family affair

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MacbethBy William Shakespeare, directed by Omri Nitzan

The play opens at the end of the war from which Macbeth

emerges as a famed hero. The admiration heaped upon

him stirs his appetite to unseat King Duncan. He makes his

beloved wife party to his dream and breathes new life into

her. Lady Macbeth and her husband work as a skillful team

on their way to the throne, but the king’s murder leads to

a steady stream of assassinations aimed at covering up

the sin of the initial murder. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

are haunted by feelings of guilt that gnaw at their sanity.

The rebels, who have risen up against Macbeth’s tyranny,

succeed in overthrowing his kingdom and establishing a new

order in it. Macbeth is a political play notable for its relevant

plot filled with surprises, and its trenchant statements on

power and its limitations, the lust for rule, and the ruler

as a man. “A masterpiece... All the actors are wonderful...

thrilling and colorful staging” Kalkalist

CoriolanusBy William Shakespeare, directed by Omri Nitzan

Coriolanus is an admired Roman general. He despises

Rome’s “democratic” laws that give his countrymen – the

hoi polloi – the right of free speech and criticism. He bows

to and accepts the authority of only one person: his mother.

It is therefore small wonder that this man’s tragedy takes

place when he decides to leave the army for politics, where

he has to curry favor from the ordinary citizens he despises.

And it is small wonder that his political career crashes even

before it has taken off. The people who had previously

admired him now drive him out of Rome. But Coriolanus is

not a man who surrenders easily. In exile, he approaches

the commander of the enemy army, and joins him in order

to destroy Rome, the city that exiled him.

Coriolanus is a gripping play about the clashes between

the military and politics, through the eyes of a man caught

between his ambition and the expectations of his career.

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Mother Courage and Her Children By Bertolt Brecht, directed by Udi Ben-Moshe

Through a thrilling, heartbreaking human story, which

surprises us anew with its intricate subplots, the fate

of man in war is exposed, a war in which there are no

winners, only losers. Mother Courage, a canteen woman

who hauls her cart after the troops, favors survival and

livelihood. She believes that she will be able to outwit

the war, emerge from it and save her three children from

its jaws. She slowly comes to the realization that anyone

seeking to make a living from war has to give it something

in return. Mother Courage pays the heaviest price of all –

the lives of her three children. Director Udi Ben-Moshe,

who has successfully directed two of Brecht’s plays – The

Good Woman of Szechwan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle

– now reaches the pinnacle of Brecht’s works, the brilliant

Mother Courage and Her Children. “A sweeping and

thrilling production. Don’t miss” Kalkalist

The Richard ProjectContinued Successes

Richard II and Richard III, by William ShakespeareDirected by Arthur Kogan

Two of Shakespeare’s plays are performed alternately on

the same stage with the same cast. Richard II deals with

attempts by the ruling leadership to topple a leader whose

power has become weakened by highly-charged political

struggles. In contrast, standing at the center of Richard

III is a man in pursuit of power who makes his way to the

throne over anyone who stands in his way while extending

the limits of morality on his way to assuming rule. In the

view of many, the two works, each of which stands alone,

are joined in a saga engaging in rule, morality and Man.

“Great Shakespearean victory... superb ensemble” Haaretz;

“A rare theatrical experience” Kalkalist Richard III Winner of

Israeli Theatre Prize for Show of the Year, Best Translation,

Translator of the Year , Best Director and Best Actor in a

leading role, Supporting Actor of the Year, 2012

Hamlet Continued Successes

By William Shakespeare, directed by Omri Nitzan

“Tiran’s Hamlet is the crown jewel in Omri Nitzan’s

production, that made one appreciate a new theatrical

experience, that made one want to return to the theatre

and experience this riveting production again and again

and again. This production is undoubtedly the best thing

the Israeli theatre has seen in many years.” Plays International,

2005 “; A brilliant production with innovative direction and a

must see.” British Theatre Guide, 2005

Israeli Theatre Prize for Show of the Year, Director of the Year

Actor of the Year, Translator of the Year, Lighting Design,

2005

World Classics

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Based on Horace McCoy,They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Cyrano de BergeracBy Edmond Rostand, directed by Gilad Kimchi

Courageous soldier and a gifted poet, Cyrano has a huge

nose that makes him feel inferior and doesn’t permit him to

express his love to beautiful Roxanne.

He writes to her love songs and letters under the name of his

handsome comrade, Christian, who soon realizes that it isn’t

his beauty that attracts Roxanne, but the charming letters.

He begs his friend to admit his love, but before it happens,

Christian is killed in the battlefield, Roxanne withdraws to a

nunnery, and the secret of Cyrano’s love is never revealed.

“A masterpiece... enchanting… wonderful ensemble”

Kalkalist; “Captivating story of love and adventure” Haaretz

Contemporary World Drama

Frost/NixonBy Peter Morgan, directed by Oded Kotler

Well-known TV personality David Frost was able to

accomplish what the administration was unable to do. After

a series of tense interviews with President Richard Nixon,

Frost uncovers a decisive piece of information about the

Watergate affair, which ultimately led to Nixon’s resignation.

The Nixon team versus the Frost team, head to head,

sophistication versus cunning, white lies versus hidden

facts, the bitter struggle and the defeat of one that led to

the other’s triumph. Peter Morgan’s play, which has gained

world acclaim both in the theatre and television, relates the

story of the most powerful man on earth at the nadir of his

weakness. A play about politics and the media, presidency

and deceit, crime and punishment.

“Captivating theatre. Wonderful acting by Oded Teomi as

Nixon.” Haaretz

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Musicals and Musical Plays

Ken Ludwig, Lend Me A Tenor

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The BelovedWritten and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi

Three religions share the story of Abraham, who almost

sacrfices his son. The play traces the scars on Isaac's

psyche after surviving the traumatic event. A provocative

drama with nameless characters, except for Abraham, which

opens the possibility that the son who returned from the

mountain could have been Isaac, or Ishmael. By the same

token, Abraham's wife could have neen Sarah or Hagar. In

so doing, the playwright-director invites Jews, Muslims, and

Christians to relate to the story in accordance with their

tradition, and see it through the eyes of their faith.

Our ClassBy Tadeusz SlobodzianekDirected by Hanan Snir

In Poland of 1925 a group of classmates, Jews and Catholics,

dream about what they will be when they grow up. But when

they are grown, Nationalism intensifies, violence escalates,

friends betray each other, and anti-Semitism takes on vast

dimensions, until a group of ordinary citizens commit a

heinous crime; masses of Jews are shot to death or burned

alive by their Polish neighbors. The playwright engages

with the complex and charged relationship between Jews

and Poles, bravely condemns Polish collaboration with the

Nazis, and discusses love and murderousness, memory and

forgetting, evil and compassion, which create a powerful,

shocking, and fascinating dramatic world.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumBased on Plautus, written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Omri Nitzan

A funny thing really does happen on stage in the style of

the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin, and the 3000-year-old

Roman classicist Plautus, and they are more refreshing

than ever. A zany comedy dripping with lust and desire:

seventeen-year-old Hero is in love with the virgin whore

Philia who lives in the house of Marcus Lycus the pimp.

The unfortunate girl is sold to the braggart General Miles

Gloriosus, who is to take her with a party of his soldiers, if

Pseudolus (who fools everyone) does not succeed in foiling

the plot and rescue her from the general with the aid of the

slave Hysterium. From here on, a crazy and amusing circus

develops, which becomes increasingly complex in a plot

replete with unimaginable stratagems and sabotage.

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Fiddler on the RoofBased on the novel by Shalom Aleichem Directed by Moshe Kepten

Shalom Aleichem is considered by many in the world as

the greatest Jewish humorist of recent generations. He

took the story of Tevye the milkman and his daughters

and made it into a legend. Tevye, a poor Jew and father of

five daughters, tries to maintain his family according to

tradition in an increasingly Gentile-influenced environment.

He finds it difficult to deal with the contradictory desires

of his daughters, whose choice of men is unsatisfactory.

In addition to the trouble at home, the family lands on the

deportation order, ordering all Jews to leave their home

town. The story of Tevye and his daughters, which occurs at

the beginning of the twentieth century, continues to excite,

arouse interest, and be relevant to our lives today.

The Israeli Theatre Prize for Best Musical of the Year, Actor

of the Year, Choreographer of the Year, 2008

CabaretA musical play by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, directed by Omri Nitzan

Early 1930’s in Berlin, just before Hitler rises to power:

political unrest, unemployment, drugs and prostitution, and

the escape from everyday despair to the vibrant nightlife.

Into this chaos enters Sally, an American singer-dancer who

performs at the renowned Kit Kat Club. Several characters

become part of her life: a German politician, a young Jewish

man, an American author, and of course, the charismatic

and demonic Emcee who is the only one who can see the

menacing big picture and reminds us what the terrible future

has in store... "Broadway in Tel Aviv. Omri Nitsan's Cabaret

provides that dimension with power and subtlety." Jerusalem

Post, 2011

The Israeli Theatre Prize for Show of the Year, Musical of the

Year, Director of the Year, Best Actor, Best Set Design of the

Year, 2011

HairThe American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, music by Galt MacDermot Directed by Moshe Keptan

The musical which premiered in 1987 is rooted in the “flower

children” period of the 1960s. A band of effervescent, long-

haired political activists have taken up the fight for peace,

equality, freedom, and amity between people. The story also

deals with unrequited love within the happy band. Jeanie

is in love with Claude who is in love with Sheila who is in

love with Berger, who is not interested in her at all and is a

closeted homosexual in love with Mick Jagger.

When it was first staged, Hair was a groundbreaking musical

that dared to show full nudity on stage, with a multi-ethnic

cast. Hair is not only the symbol of a period, it is a timeless

protest of young people for peace, openness, and fraternity.

KazablanBased on the play by Yigal Mossinsohn, adapted by Yigal Mossinsohn and Yoel Zilberg, lyrics by Dan Almagor, Amos Ettinger and Haim Hefer, music by Dubi Zeltzer, directed by Tsedi Tsarfati

The residents of a rundown 1950's Jaffa neighborhood, new

immigrants of varying ethnicity, are fighting against a city

order to demolish the neighborhood. Kazablan, a young

Moroccan, is in love with Rachel, the daughter of a Pole

who opposes his daughter's relationship with a "Morocco-

Knife." Kazablan becomes the leader of a just struggle, his

glorious military past is revealed, and he gains the blessing

of Rachel's parents.

"The most Israeli musical: innocent, righteous, with

wonderful songs" Haaretz

Israeli Theatre Prize for Musical of the Year, Best Supporting

Actress, Best Set Design of the Year, 2012

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Best FriendsBy Anat GovDirected by Gilad Kimchi

Thirty years of close friendship between Sophie, Tirza and

Leli reaches a painful conclusion. A year later they are

forced to meet unwillingly for one evening, during which

their entire friendship flashes before their eyes in a view

replete with wit, humor and sadness, love and hate, envy

and flattery.

This is the story of three women who grew up together

with the State of Israel from high school to adulthood,

when past and present merge and mutually influence one

another right up to the surprising ending.

A Cameri-Beit Lessin coproduction.

“Fresh and highly recommended theatrical entertainment”

Habama; “Excellent and relevant production” Globs

Lend Me a TenorBy Ken LudwigDirected by Moshe Naor

What happens when, in 1934, a world famous Italian tenor,

Tito Merelli, comes to the Cleveland Grand Opera to play

Othello in the opera of the same name?

Complete chaos! Double identities, sexual intrigue, a

jealous wife, local police and tranquilizers – all wrapped up

in a sweeping plot that takes place behind the scenes, in a

luxury hotel room, before and after the famous opera.

“Fluent directing filled with brilliant ideas, sophisticated

sets, music, an excellent translation, and above all,

wonderful actors…” Kalkalist

Continued Successes

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A Family AffairWritten and directed by Edna Mazya

Beautiful, married, and unsatisfied, Ruth Stein, lives in

Heidelberg of the 1930’s with her family and has a torrid

affair with Robert, a young physics doctoral student.

Robert senses the winds of change blowing and emigrates

to Palestine, while Ruth remains with her family in ever-

darkening Europe. A surprising turnabout leads Ruth,

too, to emigrate to Palestine on the heels of her lover, but

will the old love from Europe bloom in pre-state Palestine

as well?

“A very successful stage adaptation to an excellent novel.”

Kalkalist

StempenyuBy Edna Mazya, directed byEdna Mazya and Yehezkel Lazarov

Stempenyu is a gifted musician. He leads a band of

klezmers that performs at weddings. People come from

all over Poland and Russia to hear him and his band.

Apart from being an admired musician, Stempenyu is also

a renowned heartbreaker. One day, Stempenyu falls in

love with the beautiful, but alas married, Racheli. Matters

become complicated when Racheli falls in love with him

too. Shalom Aleichem, one of the greatest Jewish writers,

has created a heartrending story of missed opportunity

that is all theatre and dance, with an abundance of colorful

characters. “Movement theatre at its best” Achbar Hayeer

Israeli Theatre Prize for Choreographer of the Year, 2012

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Written by Horace McCoy, Adapted by Shlomi Moskovich,directed by Dedi Baron

A dance marathon in America of the Great Depression, in

which eight couples dance themselves insensible. Horace

McCoy’s novel is a trenchant parable on the nature of

human existence. The play takes us behind the scenes of

the entertainment world and produces a revealing “reality”

show in which starving couples compete to the death

to satisfy the audience’s hunger for entertainment and

voyeurism.

Beyond the impressive Dancing and acerbic humor, is

concealed a cynical, alienated world in which human

compassion gives way to financial considerations.

“Impressive spectacle... Superb from all aspects. Perfect

execution” Makor Rishon; “Well done satire” Globs

Little Man, What Now? After the novel by Hans Fallada, adapted by Itay Tiran and Dori Parnes, directed by Itay Tiran

The action of this moving story by the bestselling author

of Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada, takes place in Germany of

the 1920s and 30s, when the country is in a grave economic

crisis, and loses its identity. Two young lovers believe that

by virtue of their pure and perfect love they will be able to

surmount all the obstacles in the cruel, tough, and unjust

world without losing their human semblance. While leveling

trenchant social criticism, the playwright describes a world

with no way out that is both horrific and amusing, a world that

assails the little man trying to survive without relinquishing

a spark of optimism.

“Spectacular production... Enchanting and moving.” Haaretz;

“Captivating, high quality, well done.” Galats

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Happy EndBy Anat Gov, directed by Edna Mazya

“To be or not to be. That is not the question. The question

is how to be.” A musical fantasy on the non-spoken subject.

A new patient, Talia Roth, an actress in her late forties,

arrives at the outpatient department to begin a course of

treatment that should prolong her life. The encounter with

the old-timer women patients, and the understanding of

what is awaiting her, make her rethink how she would like to

end her life. She reaches some surprising decisions, which

rock the system that doesn’t know how to deal with her.

“Gov's writing is smart and intelligent. Wonderful staging

of Mazya and wonderful acting of all the ensemble.” Kalkalist

Israeli Theatre Prize for Best Supporting Actress, 2011

GhettoBy Joshua Sobol, directed by Omri Nitzan

This is the amazing story of a theatre that was active under

the inhuman circumstances of the Vilna Ghetto between

1942-1943. The play reveals the existential problems of life

in the ghetto and the day-to-day struggle of the Jews. This

colorful play, with its songs and dances, relates the story of a

group of people holding onto life and creativity, endeavoring

to survive despite the constant menace.

This play has become an Israeli classic, performed around

the world, and has garnered prestigious theatre awards. In

commemoration of the Holocaust of Hungarian Jews Ghetto

will give 4 performances in Budapest in 2014

“Excellent casting. . Ghetto is a spectacular production.”

Haaretz

The Israeli Theatre Prize for Best Director of the Year,

Best Supporting Actress, Best Set Design, 2010

Will the Two Walk Together? By A.B. Yehoshua, directed by Oded Kotler

In 1934 a series of secret meetings was held in London

between two bitter adversaries in the Zionist movement:

from the Left, David Ben-Gurion, and from the Right, Ze’ev

Jabotinsky, the revered Revisionist movement leader. The

aim of the meetings was reconciliation between the two

rival movements, preventing the secession of Jabotinsky’s

movement from the Zionist Organization, and the creation of

a new organization. Against the backdrop of these meetings,

A.B. Yehoshua has built a compelling political and personal

drama focusing on one of the decisive historic crossroads

in the history of Zionism.

“A stage for history... a splendid performance brings

together again Ben Gurion and Zabotinski on The Cameri

Stage.” Habama

Israeli Theatre Prize for Best Playwright of the Year, Prize for

Zionist Creation, Best Original Show of the Year, 2012

Between Two WorldsBy Sara von Schwarze, directed by Manfred LangnerCo-production with Shtuttgart Schauspielbuehnen

After a night out Abraham and his partner Sabine return to

their loft in Munich to find a burglar. The intruder is Ruth,

Abraham’s daughter. She has fled from an incident that

happened in Israel during her work as an assistant press

photographer in the Occupied Territories, an incident she

is not prepared to talk about. Through Ruth’s confrontation

with her father, who chose to convert to Judaism with his

ex-wife and immigrate to Israel, trenchant questions arise of

morality, identity, guilt, and parent-child relations. Through

the use of German and Hebrew, the characters grapple with

their mental and identity differences.

“Beautiful play, simple and realistic language... excellent

actors” Ahbar Haeer

The Israeli Theatre Prize for Best playwright of the year, 2012

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Warm FamilyBy Anat Gov, directed by Edna Mazya

A regular Friday evening family dinner turns into a battlefield

when one member of the family announces that she will not

be coming to the family Passover seder this year as she’s

going to celebrate it with friends. This new comedy by

Anat Gov - who wrote the hugely successful Best Friends,

Lysistrata 2000, Househusband and Oh God - examines the

pressures of Israeli family life and raises questions of love,

duty, slavery and freedom.

“Captivating, impressive, and exciting production” Haaretz;

“Impressive quality in a tempting packaging.” Haaretz

School for WivesBy Molière, directed by Udi Ben-Moshe

Molière wrote this comedy in 1662. At the play’s center

stands Arnolphe, a wealthy bourgeois who is convinced

that all women cuckold their husbands. He buys a farmer’s

four-year-old daughter, Agnès, and sends her to be raised in

a nunnery with the intention of perpetuating her innocence

and loyalty, and keep her for himself. But life does its work,

and in his absence she and young Horace meet and fall in

love. 350 years later, men are still trying to mold women

into their dream ideal, and women are still fighting for equal

rights and opportunity.

“Outstanding direction by Udi Ben Moshe, Rami Baruch

is spectacular... Ezra Dagan is a wonderful comedian.”

De Marker Café; “A bright and clever production” Yediot Achronot

Israeli Theatre Prize for Best Composer, 2012

The Servant of Two MastersBy Carlo Goldoni, directed by Moni Moshonov

An amusing and surprising comedy of errors, the Hebrew

version was rendered - in his virtuosic language -

by playwright-translator Nissim Aloni.

The miserly merchant Pantalone wants to marry his daughter

to the son of the learned doctor after her husband-to-be

is killed in a duel. The dead fiancé’s sister is desperately

seeking her own beloved who stands accused of killing the

brother. Disguised as a man to protect herself, she appears

at Pantalone’s house, causing a furor and complicating

matters. With her is her servant, whose empty belly forces

him to find an additional master.

“Very entertaining performance” Ahbar Haeer ; “A masterpiece

of exact comic orchestration” Maariv

WoyzeckBy Georg Büchner, directed by Itay Tiran

The play is considered to be one of the most important and

riveting in world drama. The hero, Woyzeck, is an infantry

officer’s batman and a doctor’s guinea pig. He runs around

from dawn to dusk to satisfy both his masters. He gives

his pay to Mary, who bore him a child out of wedlock.

But the vivacious Mary surrenders to the blandishments

of another man, who seduces her. Woyzeck, mad with

jealousy, murders her for betraying him. Büchner wrote the

play as a harsh indictment of a ruthless society that brought

Woyzeck into this situation.

“Itay Tiran’s production proves he is a rare actor who can

double as director” Haaretz ; “Vivid intelligence at work”

The Jerusalem Post

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Rumplestiltskin (Ootz-lee-gootzlee)By Avraham Shlonsky and Dubi Zeltzer, directed by Ronny Pinkovich, original version by Yossi Yizraeli

How do you change straw to gold? You will learn in this

spectacular production that has become an Israeli classic.

If you saw this production when you were children, come

see it again to delight your children and their grandchildren.

“A children production from the old days, don’t miss!”

Yediot Ahronot; “Rich language, wonderful rhythm, delightful

rhyming.” Maariv

Israeli Theatre Prize for Musical of the Year, Costume

Designer of the Year, Movement Designer of the Year, 2002

HavdalaWritten and directed by Shmuel Hasfari

A meeting between two families from different worlds,

different cities - Hulon and Jerusalem - leads to a sequence

of unexpected events and puts the power of love to a

rigorous test.

“Excellent cast... entertaining performance that touches

the core of Israeli culture.” Maariv; “Anat Waksman is simply

hypnotizing in her most impressive role, wonderful to

watch Gil Frank, Moti Katz is simply wonderful... highly

recommended.”De Marker Café

Hanoch Levin in the Cameri

The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama

The institute promotes the writing of original

Israeli drama, translations, and productions

of Israeli plays internationally. Once a year,

the Institute holds the Isradrama festival, a

showcase of productions of Israeli plays.

The institute is named after Hanoch Levin, one

of Israel major playwrights.

photo: Yossi Zwecker

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RequiemWritten and directed by Hanoch Levin

Based on three short stories by Anton Chekhov.

In a remote village, somewhere in a big country, live two old

people, husband and wife. They fall sick and die, regretting

the lives they had lived. A young mother carrying her dying

baby wanders through the fields in search of a cure for him.

A bereaved wagoner with no one to confide in transports

drunkards and whores who are in pursuit of happiness.

Cherubs who pass through gather up the souls of the dead.

On tour in China, Germany, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Greece,

Hungary . “With Requiem, Levin hits sublime highlights in

the art of theatre.” Jerusalem Post, 1999

Israeli Theatre Prize for Show of the Year, Playwright of

the Year, Director of the Year, Supporting Actor, Costume

Design, Lighting Design, 2000

Make My Heart FlutterBy Hanoch Levin, directed by Udi Ben Moshe

The first production of this Levin play is a polished and witty

comedy with dialogues in the best of Levinesque style. Judge

Lemka’s lover, the singer Lalala, is unable to reach the high

notes because of a bunion on her foot. When he finds, much

to his amazement, a French suitor whom his lover fobs off as

a pedicurist, and an Italian, a Spaniard, a Turk, a Yugoslav

and an Albanian, who visit her home to be at her service

as an inhaler, a pianist, an accordionist, etc. Lemka vows

to specialize in all these fields to get rid of his competitors.

“...it is one great production...” Jerusalem Post, 2007

Israeli Theatre Prize for Show of the Year, Playwright of the

Year, Director of the Year, Actor of the Year, Actress of the

Year, Composer of the Year, 2007

PopperBy Hanoch Levin, directed by Moni Moshonov

Schwartz and Schwartzisca make up after a sweet squabble,

thanks to the mediation of Popper, during which certain

secrets are revealed. This interference arouses in Schwartz a

hot desire for Popper’s death. Deeply hurt, Popper falls ill and

begs his friend Katz to find him a bride. Culpa, a prostitute,

is willing against suitable renumeration. Popper thinks he

has found love and recovers. The Schwartzes take Popper’s

happiness as a personal affront. Schwartz “seduces” Culpa

with further renumeration, and on her bridal night she packs

to leave. Popper falls ill again, this time for good.

The Cameri center for international theatreHolds yearly international festivals, including The Hanoch Levin Festival, Shakespeare Festival, with surtitles in Hebrew, English, Russian, and French

Among the theatres hosted by The Cameri:

The Berliner Ensemble

Deutsches Theatre

Schaubuhne, Berlin

The National Theatre of Norway

National Theatre of China, Beijing

TR Warszawa

The Public Theatre, New York

Munchner Kammerspiele

Mayakovsky Theatre, Moscow

Narodowy Teatr, Warsaw

The National Theatre of Toulouse

Meno Fortas

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Ljubljana City Theatre

Nowy Teatr, Poznan

Yevgeny Mironov Theatre, Moscow

Volksbuhne, Berlin

National Theatre, Bucharest

The National Theatre of the Czech Republic

photo: Gady D

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Exit the KingBy Eugene Ionesco Adapted and directed by Rina Yerushalmi

King Beranger is informed that he is dying, and the

kingdom is crumbling. He has lost the power to control his

surroundings and is slowly losing his physical capabilities.

He is in denial of his death and refuses to give up power.

Berenger’s first wife, Marguerite, along with the doctor, try

to make Berenger face the reality of his impending death.

Berenger’s second wife, Marie, sympathetically attempts

to keep Berenger from the pain of knowing his death is

imminent. Gradually, he accepts that he is going to die.

Golden Porcupine Prize for Best Production of the Year, Best

Director, Best Lighting Designer, 2013

Itim Theatre Ensemble

Erez Hasson

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Krapp’s Last TapeBy Samuel Beckett, directed by Rina Yerushalmi

Krapp, a failed and lonely writer still waiting for recognition

of his literary work, spends his sixty-ninth birthday listening

to past tape recordings of himself in preparation for a new

recording. This is a journey back in time, the journey of a man

seeking the meaning of his life, when the drama unfolds in

his soul, between who he is in the present and who he was

in the past, between someone who evidently he cannot be

in the future. At a time in which more than ever before, “to

live is to document and be documented,” Krapp could be

any one of us.

“Tavori's performance is awesome and so intense, every

small gesture has a meaning” Haaretz

The Cameri with Rina Yerushalmi’s Itim Ensemble

photo: Gady D

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Based on Fallada, Little Man, What Now? Rehearsal

Cameri 4, seats 160 Cameri 5, Cyrus and Myrtle KatzenAuditorium , seats 193

Cafe' Theatre, seats 100

Cameri 2, seats 419 Cameri 3, seats 163

Cameri HallsCameri 1, Yosef Milo Auditorium, seats 932

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