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I

n answer to the question
why there should be Rus-
sian-language theater in
Israel today, Evgeny Arie, one
of Moscow's innovative
theater directors before his
emigration to Israel, replies
simply that the audience is
now here, and so are the ac-
tors. "Anyone who arrives in
Israel from the Soviet Union
over the age of 25," he con-
tinues, "will always prefer
theater in Russian to theater
in Hebrew," adding that the
Soviets are very fond of
theater. No, he insists, Rus-
sian-language theater will
not help create a ghetto of
Soviet Jews in Israel because
it will help its audience move
towards Israeli culture. He
hopes that his new company,
Gesher (the Hebrew word for
"bridge"), will play an impor-
tant role in this move, while
he is also sure that it will at-
tract veteran immigrants
from the Soviet Union to its
performances.
The idea for Gesher was
born in the Soviet Union,
before the actors, director, pro-
ducer, stage hands, costume
designers and musicians even
arrived in Israel. A group of
actors from various theaters,
primarily in Moscow, who
were all planning to emigrate
to Israel, began to work
together on the idea of
creating a professional
theater company to perform
plays in Russian in Israel.
While no rehearsals were
held before emigrating, the
actors studied Hebrew
together, and many hope that

they will be able to make the
transition from acting in the
Russian language to perform-
ing in Hebrew. In this they
have models, including Mark
Khasman, who arrived from
the Soviet Union in the
1970s, and is today one of
Beersheba Theater's leading
actors._
Mr. Arie, together with
Slava Maltsev, the director of
Gesher, who immigrated to
Israel from Moscow last Oc-
tober, prepared a proposal
which reinforces Mr. Arie's
claim: "We aim to turn our
theater into a home to which
people enjoy coming, a home
where the old familiar culture
is preserved while the new
one is being acquired; a home
where both Russian and
Hebrew can be heard. We
hope to travel the path of in-
tegration into Israeli society
together with our audience.
TDgether we will try to under-
stand the culture, language
and customs of our
homeland."

With initial funding from
the Soviet Jewry Zionist
Forum, the roof organization
of Soviet Jewish immigrants
in Israel, Gesher has rented a
small office and rehearsal
facilities in Tel Aviv, and has
held an initial series of perfor-
mances of extracts from
various plays which they hope
to perform in full in the
future. In Tel Aviv, the perfor-
mances were held at the
Habima Theater, Israel's na-
tional theater company,
which has also been very sup-
portive of the project. Gesher
still does not have a perma-
nent home, but is continuing
to search for suitable