BROKEN GLASS and MAKING GOD LAUGH to Be Presented in Tribute to Nola Chilton

Beginning next week, two plays will be presented as a tribute to Israel Prize winner, Nola Chilton.

Broken Glass

A 1994 play written by Arthur Miller.
Direction and Adaptation: Nola Chilton
Translation: Nola Chilton and the cast
Set and Costumes Design: Lital Reiss.
Lighting Design: Yossi Zohar.
Original Music: Idan Tzhayek.
Assistant Director: Avi Fomberg.
Cast: Miki Mevorach, Ami Weinberg, Eran Sarel.

Friday, May 12, 2017 at 13:00
Sunday, May 14 at 20:30
Thursday, June 1 at 20:30
Sunday, June 11 at 20:30
All performances will take place at Tzavta 2

The play takes place in 1938 several weeks after Kristallnacht (also known as the Night of Broken Glass) when the Nazis are raging all around Europe and clouds of the horrible storm that's approaching are intertwined in the relationship between the characters and in questions regarding Jewish identity, but especially human identity.

Sylvia Gellburg, a Jewish woman from living in Brooklyn, suddenly becomes partially paralyzed in her legs a week after the events of Kristallnacht. She is extremely disturbed by the photos and articles that appear in New York newspapers. Her husband Phillip Gellburg, a successful and assimilated real estate man contacts a doctor, Dr. Hyman, who is also Jewish.

They can't seem to find any medical reason for her disease. Dr. Hyman thinks the reason is psychological and somehow connected to the effect of the events of Kristallnacht which bother her very much, as well as the relationship between Sylvia and her husband. He urges Gellburg to shower his wife with love.
Throughout the treatment Dr. Hyman falls in love with his patient, who also feels the same, but they both restrain themselves.

As the plot evolves Sylvia and her husband confront each other, where in its end Phillip suffers from a heart attack. The proximity to death brings them both to reconciliation and understanding that what is starting to happen in Germany is a sign of a terrible future to humanity in general and particularly to Jews.

In 1994 the play premiered at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and later that year opened on Broadway. In August 1994 the play premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre and had a revival in 2010, starring Antony Sher as Phillip. The play won three Olivier Awards in 1995, for best Actor, Best Actress and Play of the Year.

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Making God Laugh
A Meeting with Rabbi Froman

Direction: Nola Chilton.
Cast: Actress Daniella Michaeli and Froman's son-in-law, musician Hagai Halbertal.
Collected and Arranged: Asaf Ofek. Added and Edited: Daniella Michaeli
Set and Lighting Design Consulting: Hani Vardi and Lily Ben Nachshon.
Musical Accompaniment: Hagai Halbertal.

Following the play, a talk with Hadassah Froman will take place.

Monday, May 8, 2017 at 20:30, at East West House, 16 Erlich Street, Jaffa
Friday, May 19 at 13:00, at Tzavta 2
Wednesday, June 28 at 20:300, at East West House

A secular Tel-Aviv woman who lives on the 3rd floor, way above the ground, chooses to meet with a rabbi, a settler, who is very connected to the holy Israel land.
He took on himself the mission of peace until he passed away.
She asks to meet him again, on the stage of the theatre he very much loved, to make his words heard and in order to listen to him along with the audience.

It's been exactly four years since Rabbi Froman passed away. Nola Chilton and Asaf Ofek visited him when he was already in the hospital. Asaf documented and gathered the talks that took place between Nola and Froman and these are the base of the play.
Embedded in the play are also segments from songs Froman wrote, which were composed by Kobi Oz, Shlomo Gronich, Hagai Halbertal and Yossi Suede.

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Photo credit: Simcha Barbiro