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First performance - 7.6.2016

Stage adaptation and acting: Yigael Sachs

Directed by: Sharon Stark

Set and costumes: Russelow Shmaria

Lighting: Amir Castro

Video: Ofer Harari

דו"ח התקדמות

Based on "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

An innovative adaptation of a science fiction classic

The story of a man with a developmental intellectual disability, who is required to document the stages of his progress, during a revolutionary experiment that is supposed to turn him into a genius.

A new and exciting stage adaptation of the science fiction classic "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, a short story published in 1959, developed by Keyes into an award-winning novel, and in 1968 also adapted into a film that earned Cliff Robertson an Academy Award . As with all great science fiction, the fictional reality that Keyes created allowed for a new look at human questions about timelessness such as society's attitude towards exceptions, the relationship between science and morality, and the connection between consciousness and happiness.

Over the years, the story and novel have been adapted into many television and theater productions, including a musical, and a successful adaptation was also made in Israel in the 1970s with Alex Peleg in the role of Charlie.

The new adaptation created by Yigal Sachs and Sharon Stark deals with all the questions raised by the original story, but also utilizes fantasy to tell, in an original and new way, an intimate coming-of-age story that touches on the personal life story of each of us.

The play premiered as part of the Israel Festival/Center Stage

"Yigael Sachs and Sharon Stark's adaptation expresses the complex soul of the character, and gives the audience an opportunity to experience something intimate and complex... At the end of the play, it was difficult for me to return to reality... This is the special power of Independent Theater"

Dana Shkukmachar - Maariv

"A beautiful and powerful performance"

****

Shai Bar Yaakov, Yedioth Ahronoth

"Sharon Stark directed with a skillful hand... Sachs's acting is like a polished diamond, a versatile work that plays on the senses at a crazy pace and never lets up for a moment"

Ofir Hillel NRG

"A mesmerizing performance by Yigael Sachs... Sharon Stark's sensitive direction, the fascinating design of each stage as a mirror of natural maturation from childhood to youth and adulthood, and even to old age... As the applause for Sachs and Stark ended, the audience remained in place, mesmerized and moved."

Zvi Goren, Stage Website