Download Azriel Asherov Productions presents

IUPA – EMI
The Israel Union of Performing Artists
Present:
1. Play:
Where Is Pluto
2. City and State:
Tel Aviv, Israel
3. Genre:
A classic children's play based on Leah Goldberg's book
4. Playwright:
Azriel Asherov
5. Director:
Shirel Khakshouri-Asherov
6. First AD / Stage Manager: Moran Lary
7. Duration:
70 minutes without an intermission
8. Cast:
7 actors (can be reduced to 6)
9.
Technical crew members: 3 (can be reduced to 1)
10. Time required to build and dismantle the set, lighting and sound:
Building – 2.5-3 hours; Dismantling – 1 hour
Azriel Asherov Productions presents
A new production of a classical Israeli children's story that
bridges generations!
Where Is Pluto
Premiered on November 2013, this new adaptation
brings to the stage a ravishing, dazzling and colorful
musical packed with catchy songs and delightful
dances, with fantastic décor in the spirit of the story,
and excitingly surprising costumes.
The cast consists of highly qualified multi-talented
actors, whose singing and dancing abilities are
meticulous!
Suitable for children and the whole family!
Based on the timeless classic by Leah Goldberg.
Leah Goldberg (1911-1970) was a Prussian-born Israeli poet, author, literary
critic and translator, regarded as one of the foremost figures in Hebrew poetry
and literature. Laureate of the 1970 Israeli Prize for Literature, Goldberg was
born in Königsberg, Prussia, and raised in Kaunas, Lithuania. Her children's
books, including My Friend from Arnon Street (1943), What Do the Does do
(1949), A Small Shack (1959), Flat for Hire (1959), Wonders and Miracles
(1954), Where Is Pluto (1957; based on a story by Dina Ron, illustrated by Ari
Ron), and The Scatterbrain from Kfar Azar (1968), among others, were
always and still are highly popular with children, and are considered to be
among the best books Hebrew literature has to offer to young readers. Her
poems, of strict rhyme and rhythm, are still well-admired in Israeli culture, and
many of them were set to music. Generations of children were brought up on
her songs and poems, such as The Yellow Bear, A Sailing Song, Ducks, Why
Did the Boy Laugh in His Dream, and A Song for the Hyacinth, to name but a
few.
Producer: Azriel Asherov
An Israeli stage actor who began his career in HaOhel Theatre under Moshe
Halevy (student of Yevgeny Vakhtangov in Russia). Asherov's parents
immigrated to Israel from The Caucasus in 1925. During his acting career,
Asherov performed in Haifa Theatre, The Cameri and Habima. 25 years ago,
Asherov established a theatre for children and youths that is widely successful
and respected.
Director: Shirel Asherov
Actress and director with a degree in communication (TV, Cinema and
Theatre) from IDC Herzliya. Graduate of Beit Zvi School of the Performing
Arts.
Music: Dror Margalit
A composer and arranger for stage plays for adults and children in Habima
(Mary Lou), and in dozens of other musicals in Israel (The Jungle Book, The
Princess and the Frog et al).
Stage Design: Dalit Inbar
Graduate of the Department of Theatre Arts in Tel Aviv University, 1989.
Designed costumes and dozens of productions for the theatre (Beer Sheva
Theatre, The Israeli Opera, Habima, The Cameri, Beit Lessin).
Costume Design: Ella Kolesnik
Graduate of the Stage Design Department in Kishinev University, 1986.
Immigrated to Israel from Kishinev with her small family and settled in Aba
Hillel St. Designed costumes for numerous plays and television programs,
and is arguably the best designer for children and youth productions.
Choreography: Yulia Igelnik
Born in Moscow, 1986, and immigrated to Israel with her parents at the age of
6. Won first prize on the TV show Born to Dance, which awarded her a
scholarship for dance studies in New York. Dances and performs in the
Cameri and Habima theatres, and choreographs for children's shows and for
the biggest festivals in Israel.
Cast: Israel Goldrat, Uria Ron, Aviad Har Zion, Moran Lary, Gili Shahar,
Shirly Shomer, Simon Bazely.
Ages 3-8 and the whole family
"Pluto is a doggy from Kibbutz Megiddo who has everything, soup and
bone, but he is already tired of sitting all alone, so he undoes his leash,
barks bow-bow, bold, and sets off to see the wide wonderful world.
Whom shall he meet? It will be very interesting to find out as the story
unfolds…!"
The rhyming story Where is Pluto describes the escapades of a doggy from
Kibbutz Megiddo who flees from his owner's house in search of adventure,
travels from place to place and meets various animals, and finally goes back
home.
The story portrays a private journey of discovery, concluded by a safe return
home.
The book became a popular classic in the West after WWW2. It is based on a
story by Dina Ron with illustrations by her spouse, Ari Ron, and was first
published in 1957. It all began in Kibbutz Megiddo, when Ari made some
drawings of Pluto, the family dog, in the intention of making his baby daughter
happy; later on, Dina added prose to the drawings. When the story came to
the attention of Leah Goldberg, who was working at the time as Children's
Books Editor in Sifriyat Hapoalim Publishers, she rewrote it and added
rhymes.
Azriel Asherov Productions
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