The mythic mother of the Jews, Sara, dies as the New Year is born. Sara's laughter, after the birth of Isaac (her only child), is revealed in the Bible, but her cries and wails on hearing of the sacrifice of Isaac, are concealed. Between Sara's laughter and her cries, a dizzying world of feeling, memories and unanswered questions surfaces. By weaving ancient legends and modern storylines, comedy and powerful visual imagery, Sara emerges a character replete with the ambivalences that brought about the ancient conflict between Arab and Israeli that continues to threaten us to this day. .

"The most interesting performance of the festival!! This wise performance was played as if the actresses were telling their own story - the story of a woman in the past, today, forever!"
Gazeta Wyborcza - National Daily.

"Unusually powerful!... stirring! A plunge into Jewish culture yet conveying a universal message of the power of motherly love."
Dziennik Lodzki- daily

"A fusion between innovative interpretation and ancient writing that will transform the place of woman within Jewish text".
New York Metropolitan

"I could hear Eliezer ben Yehuda, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, Maimonides, Deborah the prophetess, and Shakespeare clapping wildly with the audience."
Kol Yerushalaim - Hebrew weekly

Created and Performed by: Gabriella Lev, Aliza Elion Israeli (writing and editing) and Ruth Wieder Magan
Direction and Visual Concept: Serge Ouknine