Members of the Isra-Drama 2025:

 

Shimrit Ron – Director of The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama. A dramaturg, holds a BA in Theatre Studies from Tel Aviv University, and graduated from the screenwriting department at The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

Artistic Director 

Hadar Galron – International playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor for stage, film, and television. Her works have been produced and published in Europe, US and India, (mainly) researching themes on women and oppression. Artisitic Direcor and co-founder of “The Shalom Festival” at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dramaturg and teacher of dramatic writing at Bar-Ilan University and the Kibbutzim College. Guest director and lecturer at theatres and universities worldwide. 

Producer:

Shahar Krausz – Director, playwright, translator. Holds a BA in Theatre Arts from The Tel Aviv University, and B.Ed.F.A in Theatre Directing and Teaching from Seminar HaKibbutzim. He staged classic adaptations and Jewish-Israeli mythology and writes plays on current affairs.

Production assistant: 

Avigail Bryger – actress, creator and producer. Theatre entrepreneur. Office and productions manager at Itim Ensemble. Graduate of the Atlantic Acting School in New York, founding member of Dirty Laundry Theatre. 

Editor:

Hagar Raanan – Dramaturg of The Yoram Loewenstein Acting Studio. Translator, editor and archive builder. Holds a BA and MA from the Department of Theatre Arts at the Tel Aviv University, with a semester at The Venice international University. 

 

Artistic Committee (in alphabetical order)

Haim Abramsky – Theatre instructor and acting teacher at The School of Visual Theatre Jerusalem and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; acting coach.

Dr. Razi Amitai – General and artistic director. Member of the Theatre Committee of the Israeli Council for Culture and Arts.

Lily Ben Nachshon – Set and costumes designer.

Shahaf Berger – Theatre Director, Creator, and Actor, member of the EVE organization of Independent theatre artists.

Atara Brill-Fireaizen –

Member of the Festivals and Dance Committees – Cultural Administration, Ministry of Culture and Sport.

Dr. Sarit Cofman-Simhon  – Theatre lecturer and researcher. Head, Theatre Department, Emunah College of Fine Arts and Design. Member of the Theatre Council of the Israeli Ministry of Culture.

Rivi Feldmaser Yaron – Theatre director and the Founder of Stage Center – a professional center for training artists and developing current models for promoting culture in Israel.

Sharon Gombosh – Theater creator, artistic director, member of the EVE organization of Independent theatre artists. 

Rachel Keshet – theatre artist, director and actress, manager of the Acting Lab. 

Gillit Kroul – Group facilitator and doctoral student in the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University. Researcher of Israeli feminist theatre. Secretary General of the Israeli Society for the Study of Theatre and Performance.

Anat Mesner – Set designer, costume designer, scenographer, curator and teacher. Member of the Theatre Committee of the Israeli Council for Culture and Arts.

Dudi Or – Musician and composer for theatre. Former theatre critic.

Ori Urian – Actor, playwright, screenwriter. Member of the Theatre Committee of the Israeli Council for Culture and Arts.

Hillah Tomer – Theatre maker, Poet and photographer.

 

Website by: Studio MiliLand.com

Graphic designer: Miri Gilad 

Social media: Einat Gaulan, Ittai Aminoff – Kwaa

Video editing and motion design: Yaara Nirel

Video editing of English subtitles: Tami Rubin

Studio shots: Tamar Shaham. 

English translations: Margalit Rodgers, Tami Rubin, Adi Drori, Natalie Fainstein.

Acknowledgements:

The Israeli Council for Culture and Arts: Dr. Haim Perluk, Chairman.  

Israel Ministry of Culture & Sport: Ran Shapira, Head of Culture & Art Administration; Maria Yariv, Head of the Arts Division; Dr. Ronit Lerer Shpak, Head of the Theatre and Fringe Department; Limor Shazo, Senior Coordinator, Fringe Department.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Nurit Tinari, Head of the Cultural Diplomacy Bureau; Anat Gilead, Director of the Arts Department; Revital Ben-Naim, Head of the Theatre & Literature Section.

Members of the NPO Committee – The Hanoch Levin Institute of Israeli Drama

Noam Semel – Chairman, Revital Ben-Asher Peretz, Itay Blaiberg, Nili Glick, Adv. Amir Margalit, Dr. Bracha Zemach.

 Compliance Committee

CPA Michael Lazer – Chairman, Tamar Harari

CPA – Miri Zaig-Klipper

October 7 testimonial:
Micha Biton – Musician, a pioneer in ethnic-rock genre of Israeli music. Singer, songwriter who perform both in Israel and globally.

 

Coordinators:

Odem Radai – theatre creator, playwright and director. Holds a B.A. in Theatre Directing and Teaching from Seminar Hakibbutzim (2022) and is a graduate of the Breaking Point residency for promising young theatre creators (2024). Her works have been presented mostly at Tmuna Theatre and have won Israeli Theatre Awards.

Sigal Cohen – Connecting the Dots. With over 30 years in Israeli arts and culture, Cohen creates cross-border collaborations that inspire and connect. A graduate of the DeVos Institute (University of Maryland), she uses art to bridge divides and foster dialogue. She has served as Cultural Attaché in Istanbul, Rabat, and now in Moscow.

Deborah Baer Mozes – the Founding Artistic Director of Theatre Ariel. As a producer, director, and dramaturg, she has midwifed over 100 new plays. Served as a director and the Literary Manager/Dramaturg at the Walnut Street Theatre, America’s oldest theatre, and was also one of the founders of Canada’s Manitoba Theatre Workshop. For twelve years, Deborah was the Director of Culture for the Consulate General of Israel for the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Yu Jingyi – founder of China Israel Culture and Art Fund.