SHARON KOTKOVSKY
Nashim ve Niflaot
Four women, of different backgrounds, that get together on one stage in a small country
“Motherhood, the moment you become a mother is a moment of amazing grace, in which a woman is performing a cruel act towards herself. She willingly stigmatizes herself and become a slave to her loved ones and, totally impotent in front of the love and compassion that floods her, she subordinating herself to her children needs, until her death.”
Vicky Shiran
An ensemble work, based on the stories of four women, of different backgrounds, that get together on one stage in a small country. A close and unmediated gathering of strong and brave women, that lived in different times and now draw the spectator into their personal inner world, while effecting their surrounding. The four women lived in Israel, changed its society and contributed to the promotion of an educational agenda that calls for gender equality.
Edis De Philip – founded the Israeli Opera in 1947.
Recha Freier – was awarded the Israel Prize for her contribution to society and to the State of Israel. Founded the Youth Aliyah in Berlin in 1932 and saved hundreds of children and youth from the Nazis.
Ada Maimon (born Fishman) – leader and social activist that fought for gender equality and women rights and their right to vote in the democratic State of Israel.
Vicky Shiran – an Israeli sociologist and criminologist and a poet. known for her social and academic struggles in favor of a dialogue with the Palestinians. Was among the founders of the “Black Panthers”.
Actresses and creators: Vered Ben Hur, Tetana Kabeda, Sharon Kotkovsky, Gabriela Lev and Ayelet Stoler
Director: Serge Ouaknine
Dramaturgical consultant and text editor: Aliza Elion Israeli
Theatre Company Jerusalem, The Maabada Theater 2008.