Tzavta’s Short Theatre Festival will take place from December 22 – 25, 2010, with 8 plays and a new project: 14/48 – the name says it all, 14 plays will be written, staged and performed within 48 hours during the course of the festival.
An annual festival that presents short theatre works (under 30 minutes) in a wide range of genres – drama, comedy, and even musicals, the Short Theatre Festival is an opportunity for playwrights and directors to experiment and try out ideas within a structure that invites a different approach and pace. For audiences, it’s a chance to see several plays back to back, in the fun, fast-paced atmosphere of the festival.
130 plays were submitted to the festival, of which 8 were selected by Festival Director Shalom Shmuelov and the members of the artistic committee: Prof. Shimon Levi, Aya Kaplan, Uzi Weil and Roy Maliach Reshef. The plays will be shown in three programs, listed below with dates and a short description provided by the festival:
Program One: December 22 at 20:00, December 23 at 20:30, December 24 at 13:00, December 25 at 13:00.
Gush Lekha [Hebrew: You Have a Lump] by Roni Hadar and Ori Orian, Directed by Rotem Keinan
Music: Ziv Kessel, Performers: Ori Orian, Yuval Stunis, Roni Hadar.
A musical telenovela, a crazy farce that takes place in a sleepy Spanish town where four babies are separated at birth by their mother; setting in motion a strange series of events. The three actors portray multiple characters.
Main Boycott Officer by Ido Eshed, directed by Uri Hochman
Performers: Dvir Bendak, Tal Talmon, Kobi Farag, Vered Feldman
A satiric comedy, not engagé. The main boycott officer, Colonel Yedidya Refesh, is a serious person (his name is derived from two Hebrew words. Yedidya means friend of God, and refesh means mud or mire). He has lists of all the famous people who avoided military service and it angers him enormously that they have the nerve to be successful.
Program Two: December 22 at 21:00, December 23 at 21:00, December 24 at 13:00, December 24 at 20:30 & 22:00, December 25 at 14:00, 19:30 & 21:30.
The Queen by Rachel Shalita, directed by Dalia Shimko
Music: Effi Shoshani, Performers: Matti Seri, Anat Atzmon
A drama of late youth. Rafi and Niva meet at their 30 year class reunion. After the party, in a hotel room, they feel at once close and estranged and discover that they don’t even agree on their versions of the past.
Description of the Morning by Ida Fink, directed by Shlomit Arnon
Music: Issar Shulman, Performers: Eyal Schecter, Noa Barkai
A poetic drama of survival and sanity. A husband and wife are in hiding, crowded into a small attic. The wife refuses to take part in the husband’s struggle to preserve their sanity.
What Will You Do If I Fall in Love with You? By Roni Almog, directed by Ohad Shahar
Performers: Elhai Levit, Erez Driges
A psychological parody. A therapist and client meet and play – seriously and in fun, with the stereotypes of psychotherapy. In the course of role reversal, the borders between the two become blurred and their inner pain is revealed.
Program Three: December 22 at 20:30, December 23 at 20:30, December 24 at 14:30 & 22:00, December 25 at 15:00 & 20:30.
In The Theatre adapted and directed by Dafna Zilberg, based on a story by Asaf Zippor
Music: Ran Bagno, Performers: Albert Cohen, Yuval Tennenbaum, Michael Aloni, Rona Pormechenko, Rudi Sa’ada
A theatrical drama for five actors and a lock. Three young actors in a repertory theatre refuse to begin rehearsals for yet another mediocre play that fawns on the audience, and sequester themselves in the rehearsal room. Their battle for the future of the theatre takes a toll they could not have foretold.
Rahamim by Danny Zehavi, directed by Muli Shulman
Music: Avi Grainik, Performers: Avi Grainik, Amitai Yaish-Ben Uzilio, Yuval Sharaf, Irit Pashtan, Rotem Levi
A short, sad comedy. Rahamim [Hebrew: mercy], the oldest son of Tikva [Hebrew: hope], has nothing, but has learned to survive the suffering of existence through his rare imaginative capabilities, and for the first time in his life – experiences love.
A Play for Family Day written and directed by Gur Koren
Music: Tamir Kupper, Performers: Amir Dolitzky, Omer Etzion, Irit Natan-Bendak, Eran Ben Ze’ev
A psychosomatic comedy. On the eve of family day at the institute, one of the clients has a problem – the daughter has a serious eye infection. They have tried all remedies to no avail, the institute staff and clients suggest alternative methods.
All plays will take place at Tzavta, 10 Ibn Gvirol Street. Tickets are 90 NIS per program, the 14/48 project is 20 NIS. To order tickets call: 03-6950156/7 or online: www.tzavta.co.il.
The Short Theatre Festival is produced by Tzavta with the support of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and Sport – Culture Authority, the Tel Aviv Municipality and sponsored by Mifal HaPayis, the Rabinovitch Fund, Isracard – Time for Culture, Primor and City Mouse. Tzavta Director: Moshe Tene; Short Theatre Festival Director: Shalom Shmuelov; Artistic Committee: Prof. Shimon Levi, Aya Kaplan, Uzi Weil and Roy Maliach Reshef; Project 14/48 Director: Roy Reshef Maliach.
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