The Tiberias Municipal Theatre  presents 
Anna Vlasov in mono performance
"And God Created the Woman"
Grand Prix of International Monodrama Festival, Latvia 2008
The show took part in festivals in Armenia, Lithuenia, Ukraine, Latvia, Russia, Spane
The performance was put on the stage with the participation of the Ministry of Culture of Israel, Yehosua Rabinovich’s Fund, EMI, Omanut la Am, Ministry of Absorption, Municipality of the town of Tiberias.
The without-words show combines pantomime, puppet and mask theatre, video art.     

In the performance “And God Created the Woman” open dramatic peripetias of the Old Testament  women’s life  whose unordinary destinies make us excited even now, for “ What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”(Ecclesiastes 1,9).
When  God had created  World and Man, his creation seemed imperfect to him, “And  then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and brought her to the man.” (Genesis 2,22)
Duration of the performance – 50 minutes.

Direction – Anna Vlasov
Music – Yefim Gelman
Bible Consultante – Opher Goren
Video art – Mathan Ben-Ami, Michal Shachnai
Puppets and masks –Judith Grinshpan
Scenery – Irena Gerson
Costumes – Polina Adamov
Music recording – Opher Yahir

Thanks to Sanja Kroiter and Edbjorg Raknes for permission to use their beautiful music.
Special gratitude to Gennady Babitsky, Yahara Bohum-Kaplan for the help in
working out the idea, to Natanel Nisan for writing words for the songs,
to Nitsan Ain-Habar and actors Ila Brayar and Ran Shahaff for participation in recording of  musical staging.