Oh, Boy

Oh, Va’Boy
A Theatrical Fantasy About Israeli Motherhood

Lecture + Performance + Discussion

How do you set a child free to live their life, within the reality we live in?

**About the performance:** A young woman arrives at a clinic with an unplanned pregnancy in her belly.  
Should she have an abortion or give birth? This is the last day on which she can still choose.

The theater stage becomes a “treatment room”—a theatrical fantasy about Israeli motherhood, combining physical theater, poetic text, and a form of psychodrama to explore the tension between maternal love and national duty.

You are invited to a special theatrical evening that touches on one of the most complex questions of life here, and gives space to the maternal-parental voice that we so often push aside in order to carry on with everyday life.

**The evening includes:**
* A preliminary lecture on “The Voice of Mothers”—in myth and Israeli drama
* The performance *Oh, Va’Boy*
* An open discussion with the audience

Lecture: approx. 20 minutes | Performance: 50 minutes | Discussion: 10 minutes

**They wrote about us:**

“A theatrical experience that gets under your skin… a courageous, feminine, intelligent, and precise work that, through the power of imagination and play, touches on life’s deepest questions. You continue to feel it even after the lights in the hall go out.”  
— Nira Perry | Saloona

“A play in which every minute had meaning, containing a certain surprise—whether in the acting, the stunts, or the unfolding of the plot… I highly recommend it to theater lovers and anyone looking to see excellent theater.”  
Irit Zilberman | *Bikivun Haruach*

“An inspiringly creative performance… I felt a full range of emotions, and the actresses’ performances were excellent. Thank you for a wonderful, moving, empowering parental experience.”  
— Talia, Liora, Yaeli, and Pazit

“Art that touches every fiber of Israeli parental emotion, in such a beautiful, poetic, and moving way.”  
— Bat-Gal Ariel

Play and direction: Irit Bashan
Artistic and dramaturgical consultation: Yaron “Sancho” Goshen, Shay Shabtai
Set and costume design: Yaara Shiloni
Movement design: Michal Herman
Musical editing: Irit Bashan
Lighting design: Natasha Naumov
Cast: Inbal Erez, Tal Zisman
Photography: Yulia PhotoArt

The performance was produced with the support of the Foundation for Independent Artists and the Ministry of Culture.

Dofn Theater, Kiryat HaMuzeonim, 30 Arlozorov Street, Petah Tikva