ההצגה "גילי" 2005

Ms. Orna Yakir, a renowned Israeli radio broadcaster wrote a play "Gili" in Hebrew based on Dr. Henya Shanun-Klein`s "Gili`s Book." This original monodrama won first place award of Theatroneto Festival that took place on April 7-10/2005 in Tel Aviv. The play was staged at Habimah, the Israeli National Theatre. It gained national recognition and glorious reviews on television, radio and newspapers. Ms. Sarit Vino-Elad was the award winning Israeli actress who played Dr. Shanun-Klein, Mr. Zechariah Tuby was the award winning director, Ms. Ella Armoni was the child actress whose played Gili`s voice, Ms. Lea Shabat, a famous Israeli soul singer, composed and sang the songs for the play, Ms. Dafna Peretz was the stage designer and artist, and Mr. Tomer Cohen was the producer. Orna Yakir died of breast cancer on May 28, 2008 at age 44.

The play "Gili" ran in Israel on other stages than Habimah. The play was translated into English and Norwegian

:The following links are samples of reviews in Hebrew in major Israeli newspapers

For more information about the play and related issues, please Contact Dr. Henya Shanun-Klein