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Yaacobi and Leidental A Play with Songs by Hanoch Levin Directed by Maayan Even

Original Music: Alex Kagan Set Design: Noam Weiss Costume Design: Michal Glazer Musical Direction, Arrangement, and Performance: Anna Benjamin

CAST: Shachar Netz – David Leidental Gal Zak – Itamar Yaacobi Nitsan Levartovsky – Ruth Shakhash

Instrumentalist: Inbal Rosenhouse

Lighting Design: Rotem Elroy Movement Design: Maya Witlin Vocal Coach: Rebecca Bogatin

“A play with songs about a not-so romantic triangle: two grumpy men and a grumpy woman who are letting life pass them by.” Hanoch Levin

Production Manager: Judit Katz Assistant Director: Tal Levy

Itamar Yaacobi and David Leidental, two lifelong friends, have spent years living a life of small comforts: pickled herring, weak tea, and board games, every evening on the same balcony. It seems they will continue this way until the end of their days, until one day Yaacobi decides to end the friendship and finally start “living.”

In his frantic wanderings through the city streets, Yaacobi meets Ruth Shakhash — a pianist with a modest life and big dreams.

Thus begins the tragicomic triangle of Yaacobi–Shakhash–Leidental: a ridiculous and touching struggle for dignity, love and happiness.

Considered one of Hanoch Levin’s great classics and an early expression of his distinctive artistic voice, the play moves between wild humor and gentle poetry, and like picking at a wound it constantly presents the piercing question: How does one become happy?

Production and Technical Supervisor: Sasson Chazam Lighting Manager: Jonathan levy Sound Manager: Elya Sorin

Program Editor: Assaf Berznitsky Stage Photography: Yossi Zwecker Poster Photography: Moshe Nachumovich – www.mozesart.com Poster layout and Program Design: Elad Elharar – Design & Illustration Public Relations: Sari Nachshoni , The Jerusalem Khan Theatre

Running time: about 100 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: November 15 th , 2025

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