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Homefront

Homefront

Saturday morning. October 7th. Seven a.m. Rivkaleh and Eliyahu watch the television. The news announces that a war has broken out. The elderly Eliyahu is determined to set out for the front and fight for his home; Rivkaleh insists they must move into assisted living. This is the story of a loving couple whose wish to contribute from the home front meets again and again the limits of age and clarity of mind. In a spirit of the absurd they try to decipher reality from their living room, clinging to imagination and love in the face of loss and missed time.

Play: Sharon Ingrid Stark / Ruti Borenstein · Directed by Sharon Stark · Written as part of the Mifal HaPais "Counter-Reaction" initiative, with support from the Rabinovich Foundation

"A fascinating and touching theatrical work, thanks to the precise text, sensitive direction and excellent acting. Homefront is living proof that great dramas of our lives also happen at home, also in advanced age."

Aviva Rozen, Biluy Naim, 21.09.2025★★★★★
Perplex

Perplex

An absurd situation comedy from the German trailblazer Marius von Mayenburg. In an original, painfully funny way, the play mixes the political and the personal, challenges social myths and conventions — coupledom, intellectualism, belief — and questions what they mean.

A couple returns home from vacation to find their apartment neglected. From there, every few minutes the ground slips out from under the characters' feet as they fight to survive a new reality through swapping identities, adopting or shattering narratives, and reinventing the relationships between them.

By Marius von Mayenburg · Directed by Sharon Stark · Haifa Theater

"The right play at the right time. Stark's direction is very precise and rich. Not only the dramatic intentions but every comic moment and nuance is caught. It is a pure pleasure to watch."

Nano Shabtai, Haaretz, 02.04.2023★★★★★
A Family on the Train

A Family on the Train

A poetic comedy about a family on a train fleeing their homeland. The train travels, passes cities and countries — no one knows where it is racing and why it does not stop. The play moves from the personal and psychological to the fixations of "the nation" — refugees, holocaust, memory — creating a beautiful movement between the concrete and the symbolic.

By Eldad Cohen · Directed by Sharon Stark · Kishon Israeli Comedy Festival, August 2023

"Sharon Stark's direction is delicate and meticulous. Every movement and gesture is full of meaning and grace. There is not a single moment of over-direction or an attempt to ‘make accessible' the inaccessible. On the contrary: there is courage here."

Nano Shabtai, Haaretz, 19.08.2023★★★★★
Father Figure

Father Figure

A wild and satirical comedy about education and parenting in an age of no limits. Betty Drauper hires Mr. Spitz to serve as a father figure for her teenage daughter. But as the father's rigorous methods take over the house and the pampered Mia begins to change, Betty finds her role as a mother in jeopardy.

By Sharon Stark and Roey Malich Reshef · Directed by Sharon Stark · Tzavta Theater

"A wonderful show that speaks to each and every one and meets every viewer in a different soft place."

Nira Peri, Saloona, 01.04.2022★★★★★
Trulove Ltd.

Trulove Ltd.

"Trulove" is an innovative matchmaking app built on an algorithm that finds the user a perfect match. The heroine, divorced + 2, enters the app to put an end to a life of compromise and finally find the real thing. But are there shortcuts in love, and are we ready to hand over the keys to our heart to an algorithm? The play has been translated into English and Georgian as part of an anthology of Israeli women playwrights published in 2022.

Written and directed by Sharon Stark · Tmuna Theater

"Sharon Stark has mixed for us, with expertise, the full range of primal feelings: love, jealousy, fear, competitiveness. A philosophical play on the one hand and a rhythmic one on the other, without a single dull moment."

TheMarker Café★★★★★
Progress Report

Progress Report

An adaptation of the science-fiction classic. The story of a man with an intellectual disability who is required to document his stages of progress during a revolutionary experiment that should turn him into a genius. The adaptation explores society's relationship with those who are different, the relationship between science and morality, and the link between awareness and happiness.

Based on "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes · Adaptation: Yigal Sachs and Sharon Stark · Directed by Sharon Stark

"Sharon Stark directed with a skilled hand. Sachs's performance is a polished diamond, a versatile work that plays the senses at a wild pace and does not let go for a moment."

Ofir Hillel, NRG★★★★★