
An experienced and prolific director and theatre creator. Theater manager at Nalagaat Center. Efrat Steinlauf has a degree in Theatre Directing and Teaching from Seminar Hakibbutzim in Tel Aviv, Israel, and graduated with honors from the MFA in Theatre program at Tel Aviv University. Efrat is a writer of theatre scripts as well as screenplays for video clips, commercials, and short films.
An experienced and active independent theater director. Workshop conductor for actors and non-actors. Writer: Play scripts and screenplays for video clips, firms, commercials, and short films. Graduated - Directing and Teaching, Seminar Hakibutzim, Israel and MFA in Theater with honors from Tel -Aviv University. Also graduated MBA- marketing, Manchester University, Israel Branch. And BA - communication and business administration at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Playwriting & Directing:
- "Terra Incognita"
A research performance about maps and mapping (2019)
- "Worst Case, We Die"
An exploration of bravery (2018)
-"Show of Hands"
A pedagogical performance for the classroom (2017)
•"Start-up"
Nachmani Hall, Tel Aviv (2014)
•"Have You Seen My Dog?"
A children’s play (2013)
•"The Executioner and the Condemned"
A short play that was translated to Spanish and produced in Mexico (2011)
•"Enjoy Your Meal"
A play about eating disorders. Hasimta Theater, Jaffa (2008)
Directing:
•"Private Fears in Public Places" by Alan Ayckbourn, Tmuna Theater (2016)
•"The Painted Bird", adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, Israel festival (2015)
•"Home is What Separates" a play about xenophobia by Noa Corem, Akko Festival (2014)
•"The Last Night in the Cowshed'' by Noa Corem, Tzavta Theater, Tel Aviv (2013)
•"Brimstone and Treacle" by Dennis Potter, Hasimta Theater, Jaffa (2012)
Nominated for a “Golden Porcupine” for Best Director at the Fringe Theatre Awards
•"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, Rozin Theater, Ramat Aviv (2011)
•"Blue Remembered Hills" by Dennis Potter, Rozin Theater, Ramat Aviv (2009)
•"Write Manly" by Hanna Livne, Woman Festival, Holon (2009)
•"Rat Hunting" by Peter Turrini, Tmuna Theater (2006)
2018 Shulamit Aloni Award, Honorable Mention - A Show of Hands
Festivals: 2013 Reading Festival, 2010 Short Theater Festival, 2014 Acre Festival, 2015 Short Theater Festival, 2019 Tmuna Festival, 2020 Acre Festival
In the media
An Interview with Rachel Pescher Aikner on "Show of Hands - Distance Learning
An interview on "Show of Hands" on London and Kirschenbaum