irit sopran

Irit Sopran is an actor, writer, creator and facilitator of ceremonies. A graduate of the Nisan Nativ Acting Studio and a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship, she has participated in the workshops of the Kibbutz Artists, led by the writer Hagar Yanai. 

She also creates and performs the weekly Torah portion for children around the country. In 2013 she joined the Nozar Theater Company playing alongside the actor and creator Shlomi Yonah. Apart from her acting and stage endeavors, she also plays in films: Among others, Snails In The Rain, directed by Yariv Mozer, a 15 minute television series edited by Yoav Tzafir and student films.

Her work has received numerous accolades with recent ones including 1st Prize, Monologues Competition from The Orna Porat Theater for Children and Youth in 2016 and awarded an honorable mention for Her Play “Sof Al Hakatino” by the panel of judges at the Theatronetto 2017.

Her endeavors as an actress and creator include: 

Pipes According To Etgar Keret (Khan Theater) | Were Born Guilty (Tsavta) | Tzahalulim Culture Laboratory Dimona | Beautiful Theater Jaffa Flourished | Abduction From The Monastery (Theater Time) | Eve And Adam (Writing And Composition)

 Sof Al Hakatino

Directed by Hanna and Zana Greenwald. The panel of judges at the Theatronetto 2017 awarded an honorable mention to Irit Sopran for the play Sof A La Katino, which she wrote and performed, with directing and dramaturgy by Hannah Vazana Greenvald. Set in Bat Yam, a small city on the coast just south of Tel Aviv, around the time of the Gulf War, the play tells the story of Shiraz and her family, while vividly conveying a sense of the local culture and community, as well as the nuances of immigrant culture in Israel.

 Abandoned Property

This play revolves around 3 women: Tony and her daughters Eleanor, 17, and Aliza, 15. The daughters aspire for a better life and they want to extricate themselves from the poverty and loneliness that their mother has forced upon them. Hope comes in the form of a new apartment promised by the community. Tony finds it hard to give up the ruin in which they live, and stands stubbornly against the bulldozers who wish to build a new road instead.

Freicha - A Beautiful Name

“Freicha- A Beautiful Name” explores the positive and unmentioned associations with the derogatory word “Freicha” (Bimbo). This performance is a collage of social-political poetry written by male and female creators wishing to give a voice to the peripheral populations in a complex state that asks women to be “pretty eyed and pretty looking” The women in this performance offer the society a new space, one that is multifaceted and houses several narratives, a space in which Israeli society is re-woven and sewed anew.