A radical all-female interpretation of the timeless Jewish classic, reimagined for the age of the #metoo movement, female empowerment and social justice.

This new adaptation brings to light the feminist aspects of this horror love story and bears the question – what is the price we must pay to make our voice be heard?

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THE DYBBUK is the greatest play in Jewish theatre history, now celebrating its 100th anniversary. S. Ansky wrote the play in 1920, following an ethnographic expedition to distant Jewish villages, where he recorded tales and myths from Jewish folklore right before they were to be lost forever.
In this new adaptation, 7 actresses use their body and their voice to capture a forbidden love story between two lost souls in a mysterious world.

Hanan, an orphan Yeshiva student, is torn by his passion for Leah, the only daughter of wealthy Sender. In order to fulfill his desire to marry her, he practices the dark magic of Kabbalah – and finds untimely death.
On the day of her marriage with her father’s chosen bridegroom, Leah is haunted by her dead lover’s spirit and searches for a way to make her voice heard. Under her marital canopy, the two lovers are reunited as Hanan enters Leah’s body and possesses her in the form of a “Dybbuk”.
The Dybbuk is brought before the powerful Rabbi Azriel to perform a ritual of exorcism. But the sound of their united voices is stronger than ever, and the burning passion of the two souls tears down the walls between the old world and the new.