By motti lerner | Directed by sinai peter
About
This explosive world premiere from the writer and director who brought you The Admission tells the story of Joel, a world-renowned concert pianist and Israeli anti-war expatriate who returns to Tel Aviv after 18 years to perform with the Israeli Philharmonic. But as protestors agitate to cancel the performance, deep ideological differences between Joel, his estranged son Izzy, and his hot-tempered brother Freddie quickly turn the family homecoming to all-out battle. Set against the wrenching sadness and climactic beauty of Beethoven’s Pathétique, After the War is a crucial new play about an artist’s responsibility to his embattled country, and his family’s tough response to calls for peace in the wake of a costly war.
March 24–April 17, 2016
Runtime: 2 hours
Creative Team
Press
“Thoughtful and morally complicated combination of family and political drama”
“Fierce, anguishing… the most wrenchingly personal play Lerner has written”
“Barbara Rappaport gives the best performance of her career”
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