Specially Priced Packages Now Available For Historic Repertory Engagement Of HANOCH LEVIN SQUARED

New Yiddish Rep today announced specially priced package deals for its historic repertory engagement of two short plays by Israel's leading playwright, Hanoch Levin, performed in both Hebrew and Yiddish with English supertitles.

The Hebrew cast of THE LABOR OF LIFE will feature Yiddishpiel Theater star Ronit Asheri, Eli Rosen and Yosi Sokolsky, and the Yiddish cast will include Ronit Asheri, Israeli film star Gera Sandler and Eli Rosen. THE WHORE FROM OHIO will be presented in Hebrew (with internationally acclaimed storyteller Vered Hankin, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen) and Yiddish (with Mary Black, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen).

The two Yiddish world premieres will feature translations by Eli Rosen, and the 32-performance run is set to begin March 14th through March 29th at Theater at 224 Waverly (224 Waverly Place, just west of Seventh Ave. between 11th & Perry St.)

Hanoch Levin (1943 - 1999) was Israel's most esteemed playwright. Prolific and controversial, his dark comedies of great psychological insight and poetry have both shocked and entranced his audiences. His 56 plays are as universal as they are Israeli. Levin spent more than three decades trying to strip the nation of self-congratulatory armor and force it to examine what he considered its hypocrisy and self-delusion. Prime Minister Ehud Barak called him ''one of the greatest playwrights that Israel has ever had.''

THE LABOR OF LIFE begins with the hero getting his sleeping wife out of bed in the middle of the night to announce that he's leaving her after 30 years of marriage. The heartlessness of his desertion is evident even in the words with which he tries to comfort her: "Maybe you'll meet a widower, a real estate dealer from Los Angeles, and have a good laugh on me in America." This 1989 play has proven to be one of Levin's most enduring classics.

THE WHORE FROM OHIO has been called poetic, devastating, vulgar, and stylish. Hoibitter, an old tramp, has dreamed all his life about an unattainable high-class prostitute in America. As his 70th birthday approaches, he seeks to give himself a birthday present that suits his pocket: a visit to a street whore.

The productions of THE LABOR OF LIFE will be directed by Ronit Muszkatblit, Artistic Director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, and the director of THE WHORE FROM OHIO is 2016 Obie Award winner, Michael Leibenluft.

New Yiddish Rep is dedicated to creating modern theater which speaks to a diverse contemporary audience, including those who never might have thought they could connect to a performance in a language other than their own.

Single tickets for HANOCH LEVIN SQUARED are $25, 1 ticket for 2 different shows is $45, 1 ticket for 3 different shows is $65, and 1 ticket for all 4 shows is $75. See one or see them all! For tickets and more information, including the full performance schedule, visit www.NewYiddishRep.org or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111.

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