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Shulem [שולם]
Author(s): Gabriella Lev & Ayellet Stoller
Based on Lev's childhood—both her parents are Holocaust survivors. Set during the Passover dinner ceremony—dead characters from "there" joining, for a moment, the narrative and the holiday table. They tell personal, funny, emotional stories, trying to commemorate human spirit in times of horror. Gobbiko is the small girl (Lev in her childhood), experiencing all in her imagination, mixing dream, fantasy, reality, past and present.
Format: Fantastic realism, performance
Cast Size: 2M/2F
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Original or Prominent Production: Theater Company Jerusalem, 2005
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations