By Hillel Mitelpunkt
Director: Ilan Ronen
Set and Costume Designer: Ruth Dar
Music: Ori Vidislavski
Lighting Designer: Micha Margalit
Video Designer: Arik Avigdor
Speech (English): Herzl Tobey
Speech (Hebrew): Asi Eshed
Research: Rami Semo
The Cast
Sarah: Jenya Dodina
Shlomi – Sarah’s Brother: Tomer Ben-David
Nini: Hila Feldman
Fathi: Gasan Abbas
Jalal – Fathi’s Son: Yousef ‘Joe’ Sweid
John – a British Officer: Ishai Golan
Arch – a British Officer: Roy Miller
Kaplan: Eli Danker
Dalia: Daria Alufi / Adi Bar-Lev
Two Lehi Officers: Roy Miller, Shahar Raz
A Waiter: Shahar Raz
Production Manager: Lior Almagor
Assistant Director: Michal Isaak
Assistant Designer: Er’el Dar
Thanks: Tzvika Piksel,
"A Railway to Damascus" may be the best show I've seen in recent years.
An uncontrollable sense of chill and moisture in the eye. It's called Excitement
(Yediot Tel Aviv)
"Yivgenya Dodina builds an impressive and genuine role. Her most beautiful performance in years…. A powerful theatrical experience"
(Idf Radio)
"Hillel Mittelpunkt's most complex and exciting achievement as a playwright"
(Habama, website)
"The show belongs to the wonderful Yivgenia Dodina. Director Ilan Ronen, designer Ruth Dar and musician Uri Vidislavski did a beautiful work."
(Yediot Aharonot)
"A railway into the heart, four days after the show I can't stop thinking about it…"
(Israel Today)
"Dodina has never given a more towering performance. She brands her Sara into the play – every passionate cell of her."
(The Jerusalem Post)