Theater Can

National Network
Israel
Address

Bilu 28
Tel-Aviv
Israel

Telephone
972-522-904970
E-Mail
theatercan@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
972-522-904970
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
"Theater Can" is a Community interest company, centered in Tel-Aviv. The theater is comprised of an acting group, a creative staff and an admuinistrative board. Funding arrives per project, largely from Tmuna Theater and/or the culture department, and the theater's patrons.
Mission and Objectives

1. To create and support a theater troupe which will create a unique interdisciplinary language for the performing arts, and will express it through shows and plays.
2. To sustain an array of professional workshops for the purpose of development, study and research of the unique language of the group, and for the purpose of training proffesionals in the field.
2. To serve as a center for the surronding community, allowing arts to serve as a tool for self-expression and social discussion.
3. To be a relevant, contemporary theater that deals with issues effecting the local and global community.

Main Projects / Activities

Led by the criticaly acclaimed director, Shlomo Plessner, and the talanted playwright, Ido Borenstein, the theater create shows and workshops.
Theater Can premiered with its controversial play: "Dogs", a biting comedy that addresses the much tabooed aspect of the Israeli reality - How do the men in this conflicted reality, both Jewish and Arab, can overcome the roles they have been assigned to in society?
Dealing with issues of gender, acceptance and cross-generation relationships, have been important subject matters for the leading creating forces in the theater.

Contact (1) Full Name
Premshay Hermon
Head of the organisation
Shlomo Plesner