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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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

From Documentary Theater to Documenting Theater- Roee Yosef

The creators of the new show "Pre-quel and Se-quel Inherit a Cult" interview one another.