About the Event
About the Event
Cherry Orchard Festival presents
GESHER THEATRE (ISRAEL)
BEYOND THE LIGHT
Starring Ksenia Rappoport and HEnry David
Cherry Orchard Festival presents
GESHER THEATRE (ISRAEL)
BEYOND THE LIGHT
Starring Ksenia Rappoport and HEnry David
Directed by: Avdotya Smirnova
Dramaturgy: Olga Fedyanina
Set & Costume Design: Ksenia Peretrukhina
Movement Director: Polina Dreyden
Video Design: Nik Dreyden
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
The play "Beyond the Light" is a collaborative work by renowned writer Marina Stepnova and screenwriter and director Avdotya Smirnova. It is a story of an unexpected meeting between two unusual characters, each of whom, until a certain point, is unaware of their own uniqueness.
What will happen when two excentric personalities collide in a place, where it seems, they don't belong to? Their coincidental encounter and the connection between them unfold unpredictably. She is a vibrant soul, an earthly woman from an entirely different planet. He is an algorithm which is slowly acquiring a human face. The roles are reversed, and where there once was chaos hope begins to grow. In the new world, pieced together from the shards of the old, everything feels at once familiar and grotesque — funny and sad.
Dramaturgy: Olga Fedyanina
Set & Costume Design: Ksenia Peretrukhina
Movement Director: Polina Dreyden
Video Design: Nik Dreyden
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
The play "Beyond the Light" is a collaborative work by renowned writer Marina Stepnova and screenwriter and director Avdotya Smirnova. It is a story of an unexpected meeting between two unusual characters, each of whom, until a certain point, is unaware of their own uniqueness.
What will happen when two excentric personalities collide in a place, where it seems, they don't belong to? Their coincidental encounter and the connection between them unfold unpredictably. She is a vibrant soul, an earthly woman from an entirely different planet. He is an algorithm which is slowly acquiring a human face. The roles are reversed, and where there once was chaos hope begins to grow. In the new world, pieced together from the shards of the old, everything feels at once familiar and grotesque — funny and sad.
Cherry Orchard Festival presents
GESHER THEATRE (ISRAEL)
BEYOND THE LIGHT
Starring Ksenia Rappoport and HEnry David
Cherry Orchard Festival presents
GESHER THEATRE (ISRAEL)
BEYOND THE LIGHT
Starring Ksenia Rappoport and HEnry David
Directed by: Avdotya Smirnova
Dramaturgy: Olga Fedyanina
Set & Costume Design: Ksenia Peretrukhina
Movement Director: Polina Dreyden
Video Design: Nik Dreyden
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
The play "Beyond the Light" is a collaborative work by renowned writer Marina Stepnova and screenwriter and director Avdotya Smirnova. It is a story of an unexpected meeting between two unusual characters, each of whom, until a certain point, is unaware of their own uniqueness.
What will happen when two excentric personalities collide in a place, where it seems, they don't belong to? Their coincidental encounter and the connection between them unfold unpredictably. She is a vibrant soul, an earthly woman from an entirely different planet. He is an algorithm which is slowly acquiring a human face. The roles are reversed, and where there once was chaos hope begins to grow. In the new world, pieced together from the shards of the old, everything feels at once familiar and grotesque — funny and sad.
Dramaturgy: Olga Fedyanina
Set & Costume Design: Ksenia Peretrukhina
Movement Director: Polina Dreyden
Video Design: Nik Dreyden
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
The play "Beyond the Light" is a collaborative work by renowned writer Marina Stepnova and screenwriter and director Avdotya Smirnova. It is a story of an unexpected meeting between two unusual characters, each of whom, until a certain point, is unaware of their own uniqueness.
What will happen when two excentric personalities collide in a place, where it seems, they don't belong to? Their coincidental encounter and the connection between them unfold unpredictably. She is a vibrant soul, an earthly woman from an entirely different planet. He is an algorithm which is slowly acquiring a human face. The roles are reversed, and where there once was chaos hope begins to grow. In the new world, pieced together from the shards of the old, everything feels at once familiar and grotesque — funny and sad.
The space, which is imagined by set designer Ksenia Peretrukhina, reinforces this atmosphere: a fantastical world is born from everyday objects — a world made of fragments of ordinary life, forming a new mosaic, paradoxical yet logical at the same time. Here, absurdity and reality walk hand in hand.
In the lead role Kseniya Rappoport — flesh and blood, the very heartbeat of the magical act in which the woman triumphs over death.
Her partner is Henry David, a second-generation star of the Gesher Theatre and a well-known actor of Israeli cinema, who complements and balances this magnificent duo.
Together, they bring unique theatrical alchemy to the stage.
Their interaction is not only the plotline but a profound metaphysical journey, in which they discover their path to the truth through passion, pain, and redemption.
*This play is performed in Russian with English surtitles.
In the lead role Kseniya Rappoport — flesh and blood, the very heartbeat of the magical act in which the woman triumphs over death.
Her partner is Henry David, a second-generation star of the Gesher Theatre and a well-known actor of Israeli cinema, who complements and balances this magnificent duo.
Together, they bring unique theatrical alchemy to the stage.
Their interaction is not only the plotline but a profound metaphysical journey, in which they discover their path to the truth through passion, pain, and redemption.
*This play is performed in Russian with English surtitles.
The space, which is imagined by set designer Ksenia Peretrukhina, reinforces this atmosphere: a fantastical world is born from everyday objects — a world made of fragments of ordinary life, forming a new mosaic, paradoxical yet logical at the same time. Here, absurdity and reality walk hand in hand.
In the lead role Kseniya Rappoport — flesh and blood, the very heartbeat of the magical act in which the woman triumphs over death.
Her partner is Henry David, a second-generation star of the Gesher Theatre and a well-known actor of Israeli cinema, who complements and balances this magnificent duo.
Together, they bring unique theatrical alchemy to the stage.
Their interaction is not only the plotline but a profound metaphysical journey, in which they discover their path to the truth through passion, pain, and redemption.
*This play is performed in Russian with English surtitles.
In the lead role Kseniya Rappoport — flesh and blood, the very heartbeat of the magical act in which the woman triumphs over death.
Her partner is Henry David, a second-generation star of the Gesher Theatre and a well-known actor of Israeli cinema, who complements and balances this magnificent duo.
Together, they bring unique theatrical alchemy to the stage.
Their interaction is not only the plotline but a profound metaphysical journey, in which they discover their path to the truth through passion, pain, and redemption.
*This play is performed in Russian with English surtitles.
schedule
schedule
Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 7:00 pm
TORONTO, ON
John Basset Theatre | 255 Front Street West, Toronto, ON
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 8:00 pm
BOSTON, MA
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre | 219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 8:00 pm
NEW YORK, NY
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College | 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York, NY
Sunday, October 12, 2025 | 2:00 pm
NEW YORK, NY
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College | 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York, NY
Sunday, October 12, 2025 | 7:00 pm
NEW YORK, NY
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College | 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York, NY
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 8:00 PM
MIAMI, FL
Lauderhill Performing Arts Center | 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill, FL
Friday, October 17, 2025 | 8:00 PM
CHICAGO, IL
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts | 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 8:00 PM
SEATTLE, WA
Edmonds Center for the Arts | 410 4th Ave N, Edmonds, WA
Friday, October 24, 2025 | 8:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre | 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA
Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA
Wilshire Ebell Theater | 4401 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA
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