Nominations for the 2012 Israeli Theatre Prizes were announced this morning. The awards ceremony will take place on May 10, 2012, at the Beit Lessin Theatre, and will be broadcast on IBA Channel 1.
Dvora Kedar will be honored with a lifetime achievement award. Entertaining and moving audiences in the many roles she has portrayed on stage and screen over the course of a long and prolific career, Kedar still graces the stage of Habima National Theatre, even as she approaches her 90th birthday. Uri Ofer, former Director of the Cameri Theatre and co-founder and Director of the Israeli Opera in its first decade, will be honored for his unique contribution and lasting imprint on Israeli theatre. Gesher Theatre and Habima Theatre withdrew from this year’s competition.
The finalists for this year’s Israeli Theatre Prize are:
Best Original Play:
Difficult People – Haifa Theatre
Between Two Worlds – Cameri Theatre
Will The Two Walk Together – Herzliya Ensemble/Cameri Theatre
The Labor of Living – Beit Lessin Theatre
One Wish Right – Beit Lessin Theatre
Best Play in Translation:
Race – Haifa Theatre
Nora – Beer Sheva Theatre
Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Richard II – Cameri Theatre
Best Comedy:
A School for Wives – Haifa Theatre/Cameri Theatre
The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
The Game of Love and Chance – Khan Theatre
Souvenir – Beer Sheva Theatre
Best Musical:
Once There was a Hasid – Haifa Theatre/Habima Theatre
Hershele Ostropolyer – Yiddishspiel Theatre
Flower of the Neighborhood – Beer Sheva Theatre
Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Avital Pasternak – Nora in Nora – Beer Sheva Theatre
Leora Rivlin – Leviva Popoch in The Labor of Living – Beit Lessin Theatre
Rama Messinger – Flora Foster Jenkins in Souvenir – Beer Sheva Theatre
Shiri Golan – Clytemnestra in Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Itai Tiran – Richard III in Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Erez Shafrir – Argan in The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Amos Tamam – Kazablan in Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Rami Baruch – Arnolf in The School for Wives – Cameri Theatre
Rami Baruch – David Ben Gurion in Will the Two Walk Together – Cameri Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Orly Zilbershatz – Dvosi the Queen in Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Ester Rada – Susan in Race – Haifa Theatre
May Feingold – Rosa in Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Michal Weinberg – Head of Chorus in Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre http://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=24428
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Itzik Cohen – Moshiko Babyuf in Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Eli Gorenstein – Sir James Tyrrell in Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Khalifa Natour – Eliezer in Difficult People – Haifa Theatre
Norman Issa – Henry Brown in Race – Haifa Theatre
Most Promising Actress:
Gaia Shalita Katz – Louison in The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Yael Tal – Ines in The School for Wives – Cameri Theatre
Rona Lee Shimon – Rochale in Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Tamar Shem Or – Rachel in Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Most Promising Actor:
Or Ben Melech – Ido in Horses on Geha Road – Beit Lessin Theatre
Haike Malka – Churchill in One Wish Right – Beit Lessin Theatre
Yuval Segal – Binyumin in Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Ami Anidgar – Sammy Kenan (Vaknin) in Flower of the Neighborhood – Beer Sheva Theatre
Best Director:
Udi Ben Moshe – The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Arthur Kogan – Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Moshe Naor – Race – Haifa Theatre
Tzedi Tsarfati – Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Best Playwright:
A. B. Yehoshua – Will the Two Walk Together – Herzliya Ensemble/Cameri Theatre
Oren Yaakobi – Glass Ceiling – Beit Lessin Theatre
Dafna Engel – One Wish Right – Beit Lessin Theatre
Edna Mazya – Stempenyu (based on Shalom Aleichem) – Cameri Theatre
Sara von Schwartze – Between Two Worlds – Cameri Theatre
Best Translator:
Aharon Shabtai – Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre
Eli Bijaoui – The School for Wives – Cameri Theatre
Yosef El Dror – Race – Haifa Theatre
Meir Weiseltier – Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Best Set Design:
Dina Konson – Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre
Svetlana Berger – The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Eran Atzmon – Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Roni Toren – Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Best Costume Design:
Orna Smorgonsky – Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Orna Smorgonsky – Richard III – Cameri Theatre
Dalia Penn Heller – The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Netta Hacker – Souvenir – Beer Sheva Theatre
Polina Adamov – The Game of Love and Chance – Khan Theatre
Best Lighting Design:
Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) – Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Amir Brenner – Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
Felice Ross – Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre
Tamar Or – Nora – Beer Sheva Theatre
Best Theatre Music Composer:
Eldad Lidor – Iphigenia – Beer Sheva Theatre
Assaf Talmudi – Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Joseph Bardanashvili – The School for Wives – Cameri Theatre
Adi Cohen – The Imaginary Invalid – Khan Theatre
Kobi Oz – The Flower of the Neighborhood – Beer Sheva Theatre
Best Choreography:
Gilad Kimchi – One Wish Right – Beit Lessin Theatre
Yehezkel Lazarov – Stempenyu – Cameri Theatre
Yael Turgeman – Once There was a Hasid – Haifa Theatre/Habima Theatre
Oz Morag – Kazablan – Cameri Theatre
