'Enemies, a Love Story'
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St. Petersburg honors Gesher Theater
Russia's prestigious Alexandrinsky Theater to feature Israeli playhouse in coming annual festival in honor of its 20th anniversary
Saint Petersburg's International Alexandrinsky Theater Festival will host Gesher Theater this year, in honor of the Israeli theater's 20th anniversary.
Gesher will mount its production of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's “Enemies, a Love Story.”
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The prestigious Alexandrinsky Theater Festival traditionally hosts theaters with unique cultural repertoires. Past feature theaters included Rome's Piccolo Teatro and St.Petersburg's own Maly Theatre; as well as celebrated theater figures such as German director Thomas Ostermeier and Polish director Khrystian Lupa.
The festival will feature special events dedicated to the Gesher Theater, including panels with director Yevgeny Arye and lead actor Israel 'Sasha' Damidov; as well as an exhibition of its posters along the years.
The theater, said Gesher CEO Lena Kreindlin, is very excited: "St. Petersburg is not just a cultural center and one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It has special significance for us.
"Yevgeny Arye was a director with the Maly Theatre in the early 1980s, with plays running for nearly 20 years."
“Enemies, a Love Story," which Gesher will perform, is the thirds part of a trilogy created by Arye as homage to Bashevis Singer. It was preceded by "The Slave" and "Shosha" – both of which were hugely successful in the international theater festival circuit.
Gesher will be performing “Enemies, a Love Story” in New York City, Berlin and Beijing next year.
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