Social Theatre Students Go to the Community
During the semester break on March 1999, students of the Social Theatre
program went to do theatrical work in local high schools, as part of the
"Boston Project" headed by Professor Miriam Ben-Peretz from the Faculty of
Education. On the side of the Department of Theatre, the project was
supervised by Social Theatre Program Coordinator at the Department of
Theatre, University of Haifa, Hagit Ya'ari.
"What a Family!" - Theatre Students Star in a
New "Family Program" on the Local Community Channel
Under the direction of the Social Theatre Program Coordinator at the
Department of Theatre, University of Haifa, playwright and director Hagit
Ya'ari, a group of students from the acting and social theatre programs
have rehearsed and shot a four-episode pilot program of "What a Family!"
The programs, produced in collaboration with Beit Rutenberg Institute
under the supervision of its director, Michael Hannan, and the Haifa
municipality, was launched in an official ceremony in Beit Rutenberg, on
Thursday, 25 March, in the presence of Amram Mitsna, the Mayor of
Haifa, Dr Avraham Oz, Head of the Theatre Department, University of
Haifa, Hagit Ya'ari, Michael Hannan, and many other invitees.
Department of Theatre's Participation in
the University of Haifa's Open Day, 26 March 1999
During the University's Open Day the Department of Theatre has prepared a
full schedule of activities. For full details click
here.
Theatre Students Invited to Take part in the
Annual Party of the Administrative Staff of the University
Acting majors Roni Grinberger, Michael Hayer, and Denis Sapozhnikov were
supposed to take part in the Annual Party of the Administrative Staff of
the University of Haifa, on the Eve of Passover, 29 March 1999. They
prepared Hanoch Levin short satire "The National Library," poking fun at
Israeli vanity, narrow-mindedness and discouteous treatment of others.
The organizers of the program have canceled the performance at one day
notice. The reason given: Levin's satire may "hurt certain feelings."
Department of Theatre Pays Homage to Racine
As part of the world conference on Jean Racine,
organized by the French Department and the International Racine Society,
to mark 300 years to his death, the Department of Theatre is mounted the
first ever Hebrew version of Racine's Britannicus, in the recent,
never yet produced, Hebrew version of Aminadav Dikman. The project was
jointly directed by third year directing majors Yael Hasson-Tirosh and
Akram Khoury, under whose direction the Department's second year acting
majors presented excerpts of Racine's 17th Century tragedy in modern
dress. A bar's wall ("Bar Roma"), a boxing ring, a minimal-dress ring
herald-maid, an Arab ring sweepeer and a noisy and violent bar crowd
served as a setting for presenting selected scenes from the Classicist
tragedy of love, deceit, tyranny, plots and murder in an imaginative
experimental version, designed by third year design student, Ravit Mishli.
The scenes followed each other as consecutive rounds of a boxing match.
There was a single performance of the project, on Thursday, 15 April, 8
pm, at the Haifa Museum Auditorium, 26 Shabbtai Levi Street.
Department of Theatre Students Take Part at a
"Sexual Abuse and Implanted Memory" Conference
Department of Theatre acting majors, under the direction of first year
directing major Hamutal Raban, successfully took part in a conference
on "Child Abuse and Implanted Memory", organized by the faculty of Human
Welfare in May. The students presented excerpts from Michael Colin's
play Anne Weiss. Cast: Roni Grinberger (Anne Weiss), Merav
Kupferberg (Lyn), Hen Shapira (David); Designed by Livnat Opfenberg
Just what is the Prague Quadrennial, affectionately known to theatre
professionals as the 'PQ'? Quite simply, Professor
Richard Durst, OISTAT president, describes it in the OISTAT Bulletin, it is the
world's most important and prestigious exhibition of designs for the
theatre: scenery, costumes, and architecture. For more than thirty years
the Czech Republic and the Czech Theatre Institute in Prague have held
this exhibition every four years. International prizes are awarded and it
is a superb opportunity to observe the finest of theatre design from all
over the world.
Countries from every continent are invited to mount displays of the finest
theatrical designs their nations have to offer in the centrepiece of the
PQ: the National Exhibits. Featuring work by the most renowned designers
in the world, this exhibition is aimed at professionals, students, and
others interested in theatre, who can experience here the best of theatre
design and architecture.
It is expected that more than forty countries will be represented and their contributions will occupy a huge exhibition space in the Industrial Palace. Also included in the PQ '99 is the Student Design Exhibit, featuring work by students representing their countries as well as that of international theatre schools. These students want to share their ideas with coaches and teachers from around the world. Included in this half of the Industrial Palace is a 'performance space' which will serve as a gathering place for students and professionals - a sharing environment where students can interact with world-famous scenographers and teachers.
Current Activities of the Department's Faculty
Members
Rob Baum did the movement and choreography for
University of Haifa's production of A Chorus of Disapproval.
Events and Activities 1998-99
Ezra Dagan acted in the Cameri Theatre
productions of The Actor and Murder.
Salim Daw acted in the Cameri Theatre production
of Murder and is writing a film script for Herzlia Studios.
Aviva Haber Is doing the choreography and movement
for University of Haifa's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Assi Eshed was the vocal coach, among other
shows, of Haifa Municipal Theatre's production of Hamlet.
Ruth Eshel has taken Eskesta Dance Theatre to Ravena Liturgical
Music Festival.
Amit Gazit, while the productions of Fleisher
and Voyages in his direction are still running at the Cameri
Theatre and And We Stayed Alone is running at the Israeli Youth
Theatre, is directing University of Haifa's production of A
Midsummer Night's Dream.
Tal Itzhaki, while Voyages in her design
is still running at the Cameri Theatre, And We Stayed Alone is
running at the Israeli Youth Theatre, and Leah's Boots is
running at the Orna Porat Children and Youth Theatre, has recently
designed two dances, "Platform 1" and "Epikourus" for the Bat-Dor Dance
Company, two dances, "Extasy" and "Medea" for The Israeli Classical
Ballet, Beit Zvi's production of Telemachus Clay, and is
designing University of Haifa's production of A Midsummer Night's
Dream, and is to be the Commissioner General of the Israeli
exhibition of Theatre Design at this year's Prague Quadriannale. Tali
has organized the OISTAT meeting and symposium on Nationality and
stage design (see above).
Gila Lahat has designed the costumes, among other
shows, for Haifa Municipal Theatre productions of Othello, To Be
Or Not To Be, Ghetto, and Hamlet.
Eitan Levy, while Sheindele and
Isabel Martin has organized the international
conference on Racine (see above).
Kinneret Noy has devised and directed the
show on Japanese devils and Ghosts at the Tikotin Museum (see above).
Yehiel Orgal has designed the lighting, among
other shows, for Haifa Municipal Theatre productions of Othello,
To Be Or Not To Be, Ghetto, and Hamlet, Hunting
Scenes from Lower Bavaria and A Chorus of Disapproval at the
University of Haifa, where he is now designing the lighting for A
Midsummer Night's Dream.
Martin Orkin has recently edited, with Ania
Loomba, Postcolonial Shakespeares (London and New York: Routledge,
1998).
Avraham Oz has recently edited Strands Afar Remote:
Israeli Perspectives on Shakespeare (Newark and London: University of
Delaware Press, 1998), and has his New Casebook on Marlowe (London:
Macmillan, 1999) and his book on Political Theatre (Tel Aviv: Dvir and
University of Haifa Press, 1999) forthcoming. His translation of Brecht's
7Arturo Ui was published by Beit Zvi in 1998, and his translation
of
King Lear is forthcoming from Sifriat Poalim, 1999 and Brecht's
Dreigroschenoper from Dvir, 1999. Later this year his translation
of As You Like It, directed by Eldad Ziv, is to be produced by
the Habimah National Theatre, and his translation of Pinter's Betrayal
is to be produced by the Haifa Municipal Theatre.
Sinai Peter, while his productions of Chimps
at the Haifa Municipal Theatre and The Diary of Anne Frank at the
Be'er Sheva Municipal Theatre were still running, he directed A Chorus
of Disapproval at the University of Haifa.
Etti Resnik has recently directed, among other
shows, Telemachus Clay at Beit Zvi.
Glendyr Sacks has supervised the acting
scenes from Pinter's plays (see above).
Ilan Toren has directed Hunting Scenes
from Lower Bavaria at the University of Haifa, and The
Grandson at the Haifa Municipal Theatre, where he also acted in
Othello and To Be Or Not To Be.
Hanni Vardi has recently designed, among many
other shows, the lighting for And We Stayed Alone still running at
the Israeli Youth Theatre, and University of Haifa's production
ofTwelfth Night.
Hagit Ya'ari directed a four-episodes series
of "Family Situations" for the local TV Channel (see above).
A. B. Yehoshua has his most recent novel,
A Voyage to the Millennium translated to various languages, and
published a book of literary essays, The Terrible Power of a Minor
Guilt (Tel Aviv: Yedioth Aharonot, 1998).
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