Playwright (in Czech: “My First Jewish Christmas”) : A new play written for the Municipal theatre of Liberec, on the topic of the broken identity of the European Jews. The play should have been premiered, in October-2020, but due to Covid was postponed, and premiered, 15th October 2021!

Director: Petr Svojtka. Dramaturg: Jiri Janku.

SYNOPSIS
After suffering a stroke, Bella (80), reveals to her family her life-hidden secret -she’s a Jew… she doesn’t want this to disturb their lives, she “just” requests, when her time comes, to be buried as a Jew. Magda, her closest granddaughter, is determined to fulfil Bella’s will, but there are two major problems : First, most the family, especially her Communist aunt, Theresa, are not interested, and even afraid, of being registered as Jews. Second, the Jewish community cannot accept Bella’s Judaism with no formal certificate to prove it (being Jewish for Hitler and losing everything in the holocaust just isn’t enough).
Magda, followed by her cousin, Lukas, sets out on a journey that is not only about her grandmother’s request, but about discovering, after many years of uncertainty, who they really are. However, the closer the younger generation get to solving their identity crisis, the more dangerous this becomes to Theresa, whose world is crumbling because of Magda’s actions, and she will do anything it takes to stop her strongheaded niece…