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Motti Lerner

Theater Commentary: On The Firing Of Theater J’s Ari Roth

The Theater J debacle points to the difficulties Jewish theater faces within the Jewish community.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Theater Tagged: Ari Roth, COPMA, Motti Lerner, Theater J, Voices From A Changing Middle East Festival

Theater Review: “Hard Love” — A Timely Exploration of a Bitter Religious Rift

Motti Lerner’s characters succeed in making both the secular and ultra-religious life appear rewarding and believable.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Fuse News, Review, Theater Tagged: Hard Love, Israeli Stage, Melia Bensussen, Motti Lerner

Fuse Theater Interview: Israeli Playwright Motti Lerner on Catharsis, Tikkun, “Hard Love,” and Protesting a Play Without Reading the Script

“The working relationship is based on the mutual feeling that all three of us have the same understanding of the purpose of the theatre – to present plays that create a cathartic experience for the spectator, which might open his eyes and his heart to a new consciousness.”

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Interview Tagged: Hard Love, Israeli Stage, Melia Bensussen, Motti Lerner, The Admission, Theater

Theater Interview: Stage Director Melia Bensussen on “Hard Love,” and “The Cherry Orchard”

“There is a struggle in love in the best of circumstances, and when on top of the daily challenges there are divisions of culture or society or simply of invented categories – well, that does make it all the harder.”

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Interview Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, Anton Chekhov, Goethe Institut-Boston, Israeli Stage, Melia Bensussen, Motti Lerner, The Cherry Orchard, Theater

Theater Commentary: A Complex View of Life, Death, and Combat in Israel — “At Night’s End”

A staged reading of an illuminating play by Motti Lerner about the devastating impact of war on men and women in Israeli society.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: At Night's End, Israel, Israeli Stage, Motti Lerner, Staged Reading

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