Tamar Ben Ami, Roi Miller, Matthias Matschke Orit Nahmias Knut Berger
Born in 1975 in Gelsenkirchen. He completed his actor´s training at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Since 2000 he has played in various tv and movieproductions, for example: »Walk On Water« (Direction: Eytan Fox, 2004), »Jerichow« (Direction: Christina Petzold, 2008). Colaboration with the Argentinian choreographer Constanza Macras: »Back to the Present« (2004), »Big in Bombay« (2005) and »Brickland« (2007).
Niels Bormann
Born in 1973 in Berlin. He graduated from the University of the Arts in Berlin and has appeared at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Since 1999 he has collaborated with Dirk Cieslak and his company »lubricat international« for sophiensaele Berlin. At the Schaubühne he has appeared at the International Festival of New Drama (F.I.N.D.) and in the Project »Deutschlandsaga«.
George Iskandar
Born in 1979 in Haifa. He completed his actor´s training at BEIT ZVI - Academy of Theater Arts. Since 2005 he works regulary with the Arabic director Norman Issa (»Masks«, Theater Haifa und »Tausendundeine Nacht« Co-production Habima Theater and Theater Haifa). In 2007 he played in Brechts piece »Mutter Courage« directet by Igal Azrate at the Arab-Hebrew Theatre in Yaffa.
Orit Nahmias
Born in 1977 in Jeruslem. She did her degree in acting at Seminar Hakibutzim in Tel Aviv. At the Israeli TeatroNeto Festival 2008 she recaived an award for her Drama »Why Me?« (Direction: Karin Sigal). Nahmias worked in various Theaterproductions all over Israel for example: »Taxi«, »Revizor« (Habima National Theater Tel Aviv) und »Reluctant Heroes« (Haifa Theater).
Rawda Siliman
Rawda Siliman was born in a small Palestinian village called Ein Hod in Galiläa. She completed her actor´s training in Haifa. Currently she is involved in different productions at the Arab-Hebrew Theatre in Yaffa and Beit Lessin Theatre in Tel Aviv, where she has her own one-woman show called »Rawda«.
Judith Strößenreuter
Judith Strößenreuter was born 1981 in Plauen/Vogtland. She completed her training at »Ernst Busch« in Berlin. Since 2004 she has been at the Berliner Ensemble, where she worked with Directors like Robert Wilson, George Tabori or Claus Peymann. At the Schaubühne she plays Mina/Gita in Mark Ravenhills »The Cut« (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2008).
Youssef Sweid
Born 1976 in Haifa. He played in Eytan Fox' Movie »Walk on Water« and »The Bubble«, which was shown at the Berlinale 2007. His first collaboration with Yael Ronen was 2006 in »Plonter« at Cameri Theater Tel Aviv. On their tour through Europe it was also shown at Schaubühne at the Festival of International New Drama (F.I.N.D).

SCHAUBÜHNE
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Numerous international tours, awards and honours for directors, productions and the ensemble all provide impressive testimony to the enormous success of the current artistic team under Thomas Ostermeier and Jens Hillje, in further developing the reputation of the Schaubühne. No other German theater is present on the international scene in a comparable manner.
With Thomas Ostermeier and the resident director Falk Richter, the Schaubühne continues its tradition of contemporary and critical interpretations of classic works from Shakespeare and Chekhov to Ibsen and Tennessee Williams. A further core of the company's repertory is the work of living authors: over 50 World Premieres testify to this, as do the annual Drama Competition for young and emerging playwrights, and the Festival for International New Drama (F.I.N.D.), during which new work from Germany and abroad is presented over the course of one week each year.
HABIMA Since its founding in 1919 in Moscow, Habima has been attentively attuned and responsive to the heartbeat of the nation. In 1928 Habima members moved to Tel Aviv and established today’s leading theatre company in Israel. As Israel's National Theatre, Habima is dedicated to the promotion and perpetuation of the Hebrew language and culture, and to preserving the country's collective memory and shaping its identity - through theatrical productions, special events and long theatre days countrywide, with special emphasis on audiences.
Habima productions probe questions of war and peace; confront Israeli-Arab relations; focus on tensions between religious and secular Jews and between new immigrants and veteran Israelis; look at the status of women; explore the dynamics of inter-generational relations; raise questions about corruption and bureaucracy; examine Jewish issues and Jewish history; depict life in the shadow of the Holocaust; and reflect on Israeli history and society, including the life of Israel's foreign workers. Israeli aspirations and dilemmas are also portrayed through classsics adapted to render them meaningful to local issues and national concerns: from Shakespeare to Gogol.
Every year, the Theatre produces 10 new plays and stages 1,300 performances. In the last decade alone, about six million spectators attended Habima productions, including over 300,000 subscribers - the largest audience and the highest number of subscribers of any Israeli theatre.
Habima productions travel throughout the country, providing long theatre days to Israelis of all ages, geographic locations and backgrounds: Jews and Arabs, secular and orthodox, young and old, from the country's center and periphery, veteran Israelis, as well as recent arrivals from Ethiopia, the FSU and Argentina.
The Theatre has represented Israel at leading theatre festivals all over the world. Habimah employs 300 actors, theatrical arts professionals, technicians and administrative staff.

Direction ....................................................................Yael Ronen Dramaturgy ............................................................... Amit Epstein, Irina Szodruch A co-production by the Schaubühne with the Habima National Theatre of Israel (Tel Aviv) and the Ruhrtriennale 2009, commissioned by Theater der Welt 2008 in Halle, supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes and the Goethe Institute.