Short Circuit

Neta and David Pilz have children together, and one might rightly wonder whether the problem is even unusual. Their son Itamar does throw spoons, but otherwise he’s a pretty normal boy. His idol is “Super Doctor,” and he never goes anywhere without his cape; plus, he hit Danny Hirsch at daycare. Most of the time, his parents are completely overwhelmed by this whirlwind of daily life. But now “some diagnostologist” thinks she’s identified autism in Itamar. What does that even mean? This woman doesn’t even know the child!
A breathless couple grapples with challenges they hadn’t anticipated, and their relationship suffers as a result, since each of them is convinced they know better what Itamar needs most and what’s right for him. Through loving, wild humor, it becomes clear that Itamar isn’t the only one with very specific needs.
With great seriousness in the themes and wonderful humor in the dialogues, Noa Lazar-Keinan writes about the everyday life of a family that is, at its core, quite normal. She draws the audience interactively into the lively play through friendly tasks: in short improvised scenes, the audience becomes part of the action.

The Israeli premiere of the comedy was a huge success, and the German premiere at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz-Zittau also delighted and moved audiences for two seasons.