PERFORMANCE IN DEVELOPMENT
One of Theater and Theology’s goals is to collaborate with other Israeli artists and to foster the work of Israeli playwrights. We have produced the work of Jerusalemites Roy Doliner, Miriam Metzinger, and Haim Watzman, and collaborated with Rhinocerus Productions and Theatre Company Jerusalem. We're looking forward to more.
Coming in early 2027...
Who Was Bruriah?
Who Are We?
An exploration of collective memory
An exploration of collective memory, produced in cooperation with Theatre Company Jerusalem
A collaborative creation by Gabriella Lev and Yael Valier
Lighting design, set creation, and specialty props by John Krug
The Talmud and commentator Rashi tell tales about Bruriah, a great scholar and...a woman. On closer examination of the stories, though, it's not clear what actually happened, what might have happened, and what almost certainly didn't happen. But does it matter? Why do we, as a nation, remember things as we do? What events, historical or otherwise, make it into our collective memory and why? And what, if anything, should we do about it?
In performance, we explore these questions through the pastiche of events and stories about Bruriah that shape our conception of her today. And we try to draw lessons that might be useful for our conception of the Jewish State today and in the future.
Theatre Company Jerusalem was the first company to explore Aggadeta (Talmudic interpretive tales) on stage. Who was Bruriah? is created in celebration of the 40th anniversary of TCJ's founding, and of the 3,500th anniversary of Jewish collective self-conception and memory.