A “work in progress“ by Israeli playwright and director Yael Ronen, together with her team and a company of actors from Israel, Palestine and Germany, analyses the Gordian Knot that characterizes these three nations. Concepts like memory, guilt, what makes a culprit and what makes a victim, and what those concepts mean to us now, both in their public and private use will be scrutinized.

YAEL RONEN was born in Jerusalem in 1976. She is one of the most important theatre directors in Israel, because of her provocative work. Ronen studied playwriting in New York and directing in Tel Aviv. She began working with the Schaubühne in the context of the 7. Festival of International New Drama (FIND), where she presented, amongst others, »Plonter«. In 2008, she presented »Third Generation«, a work in progress production with German, Israeli and Palestinian actors, a co-production with the Habima National Theatre of Israel/Tel Aviv.

Direction: Yael Ronen, dramaturgy: Amit Epstein, Irina Szodruch, video: Arig Avigdor, Erez Galonska, with: Knut Berger, Niels Bormann, Karsten Dahlem, Ishay Golan, George Iskandar, Orit Nahmias, Rawda, Ayelet Robinson, Judith Strößenreuter, Yousef Sweid

A co-production of Schaubühne with the Habima National Theatre of Israel and Ruhrtriennale 2009 on behalf of Theater der Welt 2008 Halle, with support of Kulturstiftung des Bundes and the Goethe-Institute.

Photo: Heiko Schäfer