talya chalef
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      • PORT CITIES - The developmental process >
        • Spectral Traces symposium, Maynooth Dublin.
    • L'CHAIM
    • AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
    • EYTON RD >
      • Eyton Rd - the exploration 2007
    • IN OTHER WORDS >
      • Spaces Of Listening - conversations in Melbourne and Buenos Aries
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      • site - research and development
      • Heritage Sites / Political Spaces: Rethinking Belonging - symposium, University of Minnesota 2007
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L'CHAIM

So many plays are fine existing on the page, in a drawer, or transferred to two dimensions but Talya Chalef's "L'Chaim", though it reads beautifully, is a play that demands to be realized.  It is a magnificently theatrical, hole-in-the-soul filling, wonder of a play that must be given breath."
Taylor Mac

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Polish woodcarver Chaim Chalef uses his art to run away from Auschwitz, lives in the forest with a band of Partisans and reunites with his wife eight years after the war starts. They head to Melbourne for a new life. 


Jude wakes up to realise the sky is about to fall on her head and unless she participates in an absurd game of life involving a chorus of bucket-wielding townsfolk, a psychopathic butcher and an animated projected chicken, she may just lose. 


A dying old man lies in a hospital bed contemplating whether to leave this earth for the stars. 


Three almost autobiographical stories told through installation, projection, movement and poetic text, immerse an audience in a timeless tale of choice, love and life.










The Ensemble 


Writer / Director: Talya Chalef 
Set Design: Jung Griffin http://www.junggriffin.com/
Sound Design: David Corsello http://www.davidcorsello.com/
Lighting Design: Nicholas Houfek http://www.nicholashoufek.com/
Projection Design: Sofy Yudistkaya  http://yuditskaya.com
Additional Choreography: Melanie Armor http://www.nervetank.com/The_Nerve_Tank/About.html
Stage Manager: Johanna Kasimow
Producer: Natalie Gershtein http://www.beautifulcitytheatre.com/
Cast: 
Laura Sheedy 
Grant Cartwright (http://www.grantcartwright.com/) ((*** Coming from Melbourne, Australia)
Jessica Kaufman
Emma Meltzer
*Howard Thoresen
*Katie Consamus 
Actors appear courtesy Actors Equity. 
L'Chaim - 5 minute uncut excerpt Act 3. 
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  • About
  • Projects
    • ASSEMBLE
    • SANCTUARY CITY
    • BEYOND THE WALL
    • ACCESS POINTS
    • WE DON'T LIVE ON MARS YET
    • PORT CITIES NYC >
      • PORT CITIES - The developmental process >
        • Spectral Traces symposium, Maynooth Dublin.
    • L'CHAIM
    • AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
    • EYTON RD >
      • Eyton Rd - the exploration 2007
    • IN OTHER WORDS >
      • Spaces Of Listening - conversations in Melbourne and Buenos Aries
    • SITE >
      • site - research and development
      • Heritage Sites / Political Spaces: Rethinking Belonging - symposium, University of Minnesota 2007
    • THE LACUNA PROJECT
    • TOKOLOSHE
    • Workshops /Residencies / Guest Artist presentations.
  • Photography
  • Press
  • Awards
  • Contact
  • Archive
    • Supporters
    • Europe 2008 - Heritage & Performance Research
    • thoughts