Robbie Gringras is director of the Jewish Agency’s Global Arts Initiative at the People to People Center. A theatre professional in his own right, his solo shows have performed throughout Israel, UK, and the US in English and in Hebrew. In a former incarnation he was co-founder director of Besht Tellers Theatre Company until 1996, writing, directing, and acting in productions on London’s West End and throughout the world. A graduate of the Jerusalem Fellows programme for Jewish Educational Leadership, Robbie is writing “The Act of Judaism”, and recently directed “Mesaprim Ahava”, and “Safta Di'ali” for Mar’a Theatre in Kiryat Shemona. His current solo show, About The Oranges, is touring the world. Website: www.robbiegringras.5u.com
The Global Arts Initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s People to People Center is dedicated to creating deep, ongoing, and vibrant connections between Jews through the arts. To this end we engage in three main areas of global activity:
1. Israel-Diaspora cultural exchange: bringing Israeli arts to Jewish communities in the Diaspora , and bringing Diaspora arts into the mainstream cultural discourse in Israel
2. Encouraging and initiating networking, and collaborative projects between Jewish artists in Israel and the Diaspora
3. Stimulating debate and awareness about the value of the arts in the Jewish global community
Theatre Projects of 2003
· International tour of “It sounds better in Amharic”
· Significant Israel theatre delegation to the International Jewish Theater conference of the Association of Jewish Theaters, in Washington DC
· Launching of All About Jewish Theatre website
· Performances of British performance artist Marissa Karinsky at Acco Festival for Alternative Theatre, with her show “Jewish Tattooist”
· Workshops and meetings at Acco Festival with Ari Roth (TheaterJ, Washington), Aaron Davidman (Traveling Jewish Theatre), Alexander Hausvater, Kendra Fanconi (Canada), Warren Rosenzweig (Jewish Theatre of Austria), in partnership with Stage Center Workshops
· Roi Rashkess (Kiryat Shemona Theatre) and Aaron Davidman (Traveling Jewish Theatre) begin to collaborate on writing a new play
Other projects of 2003:
· International Seminar in partnership with Oranim Academic College and National Foundation for Jewish Culture: “Building Community through Culture”
· International Conference of Jewish Museum Professionals
· Pablo Ariel tour of South America, mapping Jewish artists and building coalitions
· Israeli funk-rap band HaDag Nachash plays Limmud Conference, and UJS Conference in UK
Theatre Projects for 2004
· Continued development of All About Jewish Theatre website
· “Going Home” and “Double Cheese Planet” - Israel-Canada theatre collaboration at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
· “Moving” – Kiryat Shemona-San Francisco collaboration at Mara Theatre, Kiryat Shemona
· Hebrew production of “The One that Got Away – a play in a pool” at the Acco Festival of Alternative Theatre, in the swimming pool of the Palm Beach Hotel.
Other projects for 2004
· International think-tank of artists and educators on reshaping Yom Haatzmaut
· Building Jewish Community through Culture – ongoing international video-conferencing
Plans for 2005
International Conference on Jewish Theatre, Israel, Purim 2005
For further details please refer to: www.jafi.org.il/p2p/
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