Chilvot – Cameri Theater

No latecomers admitted. Chilvot, by: Omer Keren. Directed by: Gilad Kimchi. Set design: Eran Atzmon. Costumes: Orna Smorgonsky. Music: Amir Lekner. Lighting: Uri Morag. Dramaturgy: Gur Koren, Shachar Pinkas. Assistant director: Eliana Magon. Cast of Chilvot: Miriam Zohar, Maya Landesman, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Omer Etzion / Gur Koren, Inbar Danon, Oriya Yablonovsky, Roni Netanel. In the play Chilvot, two women of extreme and opposite temperaments meet on stage: one young, restless, and brimming with self-confidence; the other — a veteran theater diva, tough as nails and bitter in her later years. In front of the audience they clash fiercely, and behind the scenes the hostility between them is plain and sharp. But when both find themselves on the verge of a career nearing its end, they are forced to let go of their stubborn rivalry and find a way to work together, or at least to stubbornly tolerate one another. What begins as an unavoidable confrontation, in which each woman seeks to push the other out of her life, gradually develops into an unexpected, unusual, and intriguing bond. The two women, as different from each other as night and day, who agree on almost nothing, slowly discover that a delicate thread of understanding runs between them — between the one who has yet to begin her journey and the one who already sees the finish line on the horizon. It is precisely their intense passion for the stage, for creation, and for life itself that ultimately becomes the bridge that brings them closer. The original play premiered at the Cameri Theatre's "Here and Now" festival, as part of staged readings of new works.