In 1967, a Hebrew production of the play ‘Striptease’ was presented as part of a series of short plays by Polish playwright Sławomir Mrozek (the other two were ‘At Sea’ and ‘Karol’). “In a way that is not ambiguous,” wrote the author of the program of that production, “Mrozek shows the viewer, with bursts of black humor laughter, what happens when the victim tries to understand the abuser or looks for a way to cooperate with him.”

The short play, which will be offered as a dramatic reading on International Theater Day by director Ilya Borovitsky with actresses Yelena Kukhonover and Yevgenia Itin, depicts two characters trapped in a room from which there is no exit. In their embarrassment, they must face an enormous hand, which may be the hand of fate, the hand of God, or the long hand of the law, which demands they surrender to it. The two characters are different in the ways they react to this strange situation and through this show Merozek makes us laugh and also think.

“Mrozek’s laughter is thought-provoking on more than one level,” the 1967 program claims, come and watch the new adaptation (in which Mr. A and Mr. B are women who face this mythical hand).

Wednesday, March 27 18:00 Gilman Building, Shotlander Hall (140), Tel Aviv University. Admission is Free.