Gabriella Lev's Esther stands beside a ragtag trunk and challenges our collective memory.
"...A new stage in Biblical commentary". The Jerusalem Post
"Extraordinary! A special treat! Great talent that continues to express itself in new ways". Blu Greenberg author "On Women and Judaism: A View From Tradition"
"An excellent thoroughly impressive theatre experience!"
Baltimore Sun ( Daily)
In a telling which transcends time and place, with pieces of velvet and silk and gold lame, Lev recreates the elements of Megillat Ester in a voice that has a thousand faces. Lev transforms instantaneously from storyteller to performer to shaman as she seamlessly weaves her own family's story ,as a child of Holocaust survivors into the archaic tale. Thus myth collapses into reality and Esther's ancient legend becomes a personal story.
"The show moves from simplicity to a dynamic and thrilling field of thought... deals with sensitivity, responsibility and love with the questions that are at the raison d'etre of our existence" Jerusalem Post
"Reaches real theatrical heights!" Israel Television
Created and performed by: Gabriella Lev
Length of Performance: 75 minutes, Premiered: 1996
"...A new stage in Biblical commentary". The Jerusalem Post
"Extraordinary! A special treat! Great talent that continues to express itself in new ways". Blu Greenberg author "On Women and Judaism: A View From Tradition"
"An excellent thoroughly impressive theatre experience!"
Baltimore Sun ( Daily)
In a telling which transcends time and place, with pieces of velvet and silk and gold lame, Lev recreates the elements of Megillat Ester in a voice that has a thousand faces. Lev transforms instantaneously from storyteller to performer to shaman as she seamlessly weaves her own family's story ,as a child of Holocaust survivors into the archaic tale. Thus myth collapses into reality and Esther's ancient legend becomes a personal story.
"The show moves from simplicity to a dynamic and thrilling field of thought... deals with sensitivity, responsibility and love with the questions that are at the raison d'etre of our existence" Jerusalem Post
"Reaches real theatrical heights!" Israel Television
Created and performed by: Gabriella Lev
Length of Performance: 75 minutes, Premiered: 1996
