A year after the women of Efrat and Gush Etzion raised the spirits of more than 5,000 women throughout Israel with their production of "JOSEPH and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", they're at it again.
This year, the Efrat/Gush Etzion Raise Your Spirits Summer Stock Company is performing in a totally original production of "ESTHER and the Secrets in the King's Court". Written by -respectively- the producer, director and choreographer - Sharon Katz, Toby Klein Greenwald and Arlene Chertoff - "ESTHER" has music by Rivka Epstein, and arrangements by musical director Sara Halevi, as well as Elli Sacks and Larilyn Cole.
Performances of the by-women-for-women production began last month for a so-far open-ended run. Busloads of audiences to shows in Gush Etzion have come already and are scheduled to arrive from Bet Shemesh, Bet El, Chashmonaim, Ganei Tal, Ginot Shomron, Jerusalem, Ra'anana, Ramot, Sha'al Vim, Shilo, Tekoa and other communities from all over Israel.
Last year, profits from the show totaled about $30,000, and were distributed to families of victims of Arab terror. This year, all profits will go to the Gush Etzion Foundation to benefit families and area communities that have suffered from terror.
For more information about the show, please visit www.The EstherShow.com
For ticket/bus information for upcoming shows, contact Hilary Morris or Shelley Bloom - 02-993-1870 (day), 02-993-2043 (eve), or email arnold4@bezeqint.net .
Future performance dates:
Sunday Oct. 13 - 7 Cheshvan
Monday Oct. 28 - 22 Cheshvan
Sunday Nov. 3 - 28 Cheshvan
Monday Nov. 11 - 6 Kislev
Sunday Nov. 24 - 19 Kislev
Sunday Dec. 1 (second candle) - 26 Kislev
Monday Dec. 9 - 4 Tevet
Sunday Dec. 22 - 17 Tevet
Monday Dec. 30 - 25 Tevet