Hot Bagel — HaSimta Theater

Hot Bagel — HaSimta Theatre

A play in Russian

Running time: 1 hour
Playwright: Mikhail Lerner
Director: Pavel Strakhnitsky
Lighting: Yuli Gerchik
Set design, props, and costumes: Vadim Kishersky
Choreography: Yulia Tsarenok

Cast: Mikhail Lerner, Ruslan Barabanov, Anna Bragar

Early morning. A café on the seafront in Tel Aviv. Yakov Brener, an ordinary man, leafs through the menu while waiting for a woman he has arranged to meet.

The café’s owner, a certain Alex Hertser, approaches him and insistently tries to strike up a conversation, despite the other man’s clear reluctance. What begins as a chance dialogue gradually turns into a dark and mysterious psychological thriller.

Alex shares the fateful moments of his life with Yakov, revealing a tragic story capable of affecting Yakov’s life as well. The play Hot Bagel raises questions of retribution and forgiveness, guilt, remorse, and personal responsibility.

A meeting that seems accidental becomes a stunning journey, full of twists and turns—right up to an unexpected conclusion.