With a real nuclear threat looming, Israel is counting down its final days. The government unveils its last national plan: declaring one ultimate, nationwide Shabbat. For one weekend every citizen, no matter how religious, must strictly observe the Jewish day of rest: no electricity, driving, phones. The objective is to create a silence so holy; it forces the Messiah to arrive and trigger the End of Days.
Everyone falls in line. Everyone, except Yoel. Amidst a midlife crisis, Yoel does something he’s never done before: swim against the current. What starts as one man’s rebellion quickly spirals into a wild journey to the heart and guts of the nation, a journey that, at its peak, leaves the fate of all humanity resting on his scrawny shoulders. A musical satire on existential dread, national obsessions, pickles, and the Resurrection.
Ori Yaniv is an Israeli actor, playwright and theatre creator, a member of Gesher Theatre’s ensemble since 2006. He teaches at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio and Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. Yaniv has appeared in numerous major productions in Gesher, including: Tartuffe, Don Juan, The Dybbuk, In the Tunnel, and many more. He performed in international festivals in Moscow, New York, and Beijing, working with leading European theatre and dance directors. Film and television credits: Shabas, Asylum City, False Flag, and Homeland. He created the award–winning web series My Affair with ISIS, with over a million views, which was purchased by an Israeli network.
Michael Stern is an Israeli screenwriter, playwright, and director. A graduate of the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. He has created and written multiple dramatic and comedic series, broadcast across Israeli and international streaming platforms. For the past five years, he has been the head screenwriter and a director in the digital media division of KAN, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.
Neta Weiner is a playwright, actor, musician, and performance artist, working in Berlin, Jaffa, and Boston. He taught theatre and performance at Tufts University and as a guest lecturer at Brandeis University. His work explores home, exile, language and identity, using Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish, and English. A co-founder and lead singer of System Ali, a Palestinian-Jewish hip-hop collective. His award-winning stage works include rap opera Shmuel, Mother of Strangers, Cut. Loose, and Mejinik. He received the Schechter-Rabinovitz Prize 2020 and the Israeli Fringe Theatre Award 2022.
Roni Brodetzky is an award-winning Israeli theatre director and writer. She graduated from the Directing Program at Kibbutzim College of Education and holds an MA from the Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts at Tel Aviv University. She was the Artistic Director of the Haifa Group at Haifa Theatre, and of the Night Program at the International Writers’ Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem. Selected work: Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Amadeus, All About Eve, Birthday Candles, Who’s in Favor?, The Last Days. Selected original work: Aquarium, How to Get Up from a Chair, Typing…. She created three productions for Salzburger Landestheater: Aquarium, 1000 Tutorials, and WhatsApp Stories.