Sivan Ben Yishai

Sivan Ben Yishai (born 1978) is a playwright whose works have been widely staged. LIEBE / Eine argumentative Übung, written during her residency as house playwright at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, was invited to the Mülheim Drama Prize in 2020. She received the Mülheim Drama Prize in 2022 for WOUNDS ARE FOREVER (Selbstportrait als Nationaldichterin), a play dealing with Palestinian, Israeli and German history. Like Lovers Do (Memoiren der Medusa), in a production by the Münchner Kammerspiele, was invited to the 2022 Berlin Theatertreffen; in 2023, she was represented there again with Nora. Ein Thriller.