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a play about power, sex and responsibility
games in the backyard
by Edna Mazya
translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
directed by Brian Lobel
Presented at Basement Arts, February 8-10, 2001
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Cast:
Dvori Machnes - Alyson Grossman; Asaf Sacharov - Jonas Wadler; Schmulik Kooper - Mike Mischler; Sela Borochov - Jordan Schmidt; Gidi Betser - Burke Greer.
directed by Brian Lobel; stage manager - Melissa Young; lighting by Brooke Sinclair; set by Dan Rutz; sound by Christina Reynolds; board operation by Blaire Priezer
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I wish that 'Games in the Backyard' was not based on a true story - but it is. I wish that people didn't have to seek attention in dark places - but they do. And I wish that theatre didn't illuminate some of the darker parts of life, but it does - and it often does so very effectively. Theatre is a unique medium. Through theatre, people are educated, enlightened and entertained by being part of an experience that is gone forever in one hour. Theatre is, by nature, a fresh and live experience, and it is the transcience of theatre which I personally find extremely exciting. When I first read 'Games in the Backyard,' I knew it was a play that incorporated all the qualities of theatre that I so admire. It is a play that is thought-provoking but never preachy. It is artistic, yet never artsy. I hope that the urgency of the story and the characters will provoke you to think about, to question and to challenge some of the preconceptions that you may have had before entering the theatre.
- Brian Lobel, February 2001
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Pictures taken long before we knew anything about theatrical lighting.
