{"id":18190,"date":"2012-03-11T05:50:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=18190"},"modified":"2012-03-11T05:50:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T12:50:46","slug":"the-good-person-from-szechwan-nissan-nativ-jerusalem-3rd-year-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=18190","title":{"rendered":"The Good Person from Szechwan – Nissan Nativ Jerusalem 3rd Year Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nissan Nativ Acting Studio - The Good Person of Szechwan\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nissan Nativ Studio Jerusalem 3rd year acting students presented a colorful and engaging performance of Bertolt Brecht\u2019s The Good Person of Szechwan translated into Hebrew by Shimon Zendback and directed by Shir Goldberg. The look of the production – set design and costumes by Natasha Tuchman Polyak and melodramatic make-up, with lighting by Martin Adin, complemented by Daniel Salomon’s music,\u00a0 gave period touches with a sense of the bizarre excellently suited to Goldberg\u2019s dynamic direction, integrating movement into the text with the cast onstage throughout, living their rough lives, embraced a circus-like Brechtian spirit with a contemporary feel.<\/p>\n

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Nissan Nativ Studio - The Good Person From Szechwan\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s easy to identify with the difficulty the three \u201cgods\u201d encounter in finding good people. A lively cast of characters, with the prostitute turned shop-keeper Shen Te at the center, offer multiple perspectives both comic and poignant on the struggles to be \u201ca good person\u201d while surviving under harsh circumstances. Goldberg uses simple, yet creative, means and movement integrated beautifully into the dialogue, to present an entertaining and moving play. While the cast members are actors-in-progress, still honing their craft, the quality of the performance is high, very enjoyable and recommended.<\/p>\n

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Nissan Nativ Acting Studio - The Good Person of Szechwan\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josef Albalak portrays the water seller\/narrator with heart-rending sensitivity and an endearing lightness in his every gesture and nuance; a street scamp trying to get by like everyone else, endowed with a mysterious communication with the \u201cgods\u201d – a burden and a gift. Albalak gives a wonderful performance.<\/p>\n

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Nissan Nativ Acting Studio - The Good Person of Szechwan\/Photo: Ayelet Dekel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The question of \u201cgoodness\u201d raised in Brecht\u2019s play is timeless. Watching the play one realizes that the issue of gender roles in relation to power and perceived interpretation of what it means to be \u201cgood\u201d is all too contemporary as well, and worth consideration. Sivan Ben Yishaiah handled the challenging transitions with restraint and finesse.<\/p>\n

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Nissan Nativ Studio Jerusalem 3rd year acting students presented a colorful and engaging performance of Bertolt Brecht\u2019s The Good Person of Szechwan translated into Hebrew by Shimon Zendback and directed by Shir Goldberg. The look of the production – set design and costumes by Natasha Tuchman Polyak and melodramatic make-up, with lighting by Martin Adin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}