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LGBTQ+ Playwriting in Israel - The Fifth Wall - Issue Number 18
LGBTQ+ Playwriting in Israel - The Fifth Wall - Issue Number 18, edited by Nimrod Danishman: what we're actually talking about when discussing "LGBTQ+ playwriting": Why is there still so little lesbian centered theatrical creation? What happens when being gay no longer has to be the central conflict of a play? And why do we even need an LGBTQ+ theater once the largest theaters are also telling our stories?
The Fifth Wall - הקיר החמישי
Sep 304 min read


Everyone in the Institutional Theater is a Homophobe.
Why are so many LGBT representations in theater still centered around coming out, acceptance, and homophobia?
Playwright Amir Zloter ("Geva Can't Fall in Love") wanted to write a play in which being gay is a non-issue. A play in which gays experience broken hearts, trauma, wars and relocation - in short, other troubles. Then he began to suspect that this desire was the issue

Amir Zloter - אמיר זלוטר
Sep 307 min read


"Yikes, where did all these lesbians come from?"
In recent years, LGBTQ representation in culture has been growing, but the female voice is still lagging behind. Why is there still so little lesbian representation on stage? Yuval Koren ("Collective Rage," "A Beautiful View," "Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche"), director and co-founder of Hameshulash (The Triangle) Theater, on the lack of LGBT female content, women's complex relationships with lesbian culture and spaces, and what needs to happen for

Yuval Corne - יובל קורן
Sep 306 min read


The Gay Revolution Succeeded!
A drag musical fills the National Theater, LGBTQ+ stories have entered the repertoire, and the audience is voting with their feet. So why do we still need our own theater? Nimrod Danishman, playwright and co-founder and director of Hameshulash (Triangle) Theater, on the difference between getting a place on stage and owning your own stage.

Nimrod Danishman - נמרוד דנישמן
Sep 306 min read


A School for Playwrigts
Playwrights Hillel Mittelpunkt, Avishai Milstein, Boaz Gaon, Danielle Cohen Levy, Hadar Galron, Noam Gil, and Oren Jacobi discuss how to learn playwriting, warnings and recommendations, courses and workshops, the best books to look to for guidance on dramatic writing and tips for beginner and veteran writers

Yigael Sachs - יגאל זקס
Aug 2918 min read


Writing for Someone Else
Playwright Roey Maliach Reshef in an article about motivations for writing, and the difference between writing for yourself and writing for others.

Roey Maliach Reshef - רועי מליח רשף
Jul 304 min read


Theater and Jewish Ultra-Orthdox (Haredi) Society - Shall the Two Walk Together?
Our goal from the start was to bring to the stage complex and relevant issues from the community itself, explore them in depth, reflect them back to the audience of community members to surface thoughts and emotions allowing meaningful discourse about these issues.

Iftach Rave - יפתח רוה
Jul 275 min read


I haven't been able to write since October 7th.
I haven't been able to write since October 7th. I finished a play before the damned Sabbath and since then I've put together some new things I'm working on, but the writing itself hasn't been going well for me. On ordinary days of imaginary routine, I find myself dealing with two opposing perceptions: My need to confront the reality that surrounds us through writing, and my need to write as a means of escape from that reality and from what is happening around me. After Octobe

Noam Gil - נעם גיל
Jul 164 min read


A Brief History of Jewish Playwriting
Jewish playwriting is not a distinct category or separate genre, but rather a diverse field of theatrical creation that emerged from the unique encounter between the universal world of theatre and the traditions of Jewish creativity, discourse, and interpretation, as well as the Jewish worldview shaped by the experience of living as a minority. When we speak of Jewish plays in Israel, we usually mean works that engage with Jewish history, the sources of our culture, or the li

Yigael Sachs - יגאל זקס
Jul 710 min read


Jewish Playwriting – Questions of Identity and Culture
Jewish Playwriting – Qustions of Identity and Culture
The Fifth Wall - הקיר החמישי
Jun 622 min read


Why are We Afraid of Horror?
The Horror Genre in Israeli Theater

Yigael Sachs - יגאל זקס
Jun 69 min read


Jewish Playwriting – The Fifth Wall - Issue #16
על המחזאות היהודית בישראל ובעולם - מחזאים יהודים ושאלות של זהות ותרבות
The Fifth Wall - הקיר החמישי
Jun 62 min read


Between Ethics and Drama
By Dr. Eldad Shidlovsky* : Yossi Yzraeli’s starting point is the study of theatrical experience, whereas Emmanuel Levinas’s starting point is philosophy and ethics. Despite the differences between them in almost every possible biographical parameter, I was surprised to find lines of similarity and points of contact in the thought of Levinas and Yzraeli Yossi Yzraeli is a director, playwright, poet and professor emeritus in the Theater Department at Tel Aviv University. The fi

Dr Eldad Shidlovsky - ד"ר אלדד שידלובסקי
May 238 min read


News and updates - The Fifth Wall
חדשות ועדכונים מאתר מחזאי ישראל, וסקר בנושא מחזאות יהודית
The Fifth Wall - הקיר החמישי
May 172 min read


The Horror of What You Don't See
The power of the stage lies in its ability to mobilize. A line is a wall. A turn is time. A knife is an end. From the moment I arrive, my imagination is also invited to take part and within a moment I am involved

Danielle Cohen Levi - דניאל כהן לוי
May 52 min read


9 Tips for Writing an Israeli Horror Play
Playwright Roey Maliach Reshef shares 9 insights about the horror genre in theater

Roey Maliach Reshef - רועי מליח רשף
May 54 min read


What is Documentary Theater, and How Do They Do it?
Playwrights Danielle Cohen Levy, Ronnie Brodetsky, Keren Cohen Israeli, Maya Buenos, Ori Egoz, Motti Lerner, Roee Joseph and Ilya Domanov discuss dilemmas, challenges, and different approaches in the process of creating documentary theater.

Yigael Sachs - יגאל זקס
Jan 1527 min read


Santino Ellwood and the Mockumentary Theater
Ben Sgerski on the American fringe playwright and director Santino Ellwood, who is considered by many to be the founder of the mockumentary theater genre.

Ben Sgerski- בן סגרסקי
Jan 155 min read


From Documentary Theater to Documenting Theater*
From Documentary Theater to Documenting Theater- Roee Yosef

Roee Joseph - רועי יוסף
Jan 1514 min read


Interview with Michal Duckal - Czech Republic
הבמאי הצ'כי Michal Dočekal ביים שלוש הפקות של המחזה "מקווה" מאת הדר גלרון באירופה, על במות מרכזיות.
בעבר היה ראש איגוד הבמאים האירופי
The Fifth Wall - הקיר החמישי
Oct 25, 20253 min read


