Micah Lewensohn

Micah Lewesohn was born in Jerusalem and graduated from the Israeli Music Conservatory in Tel Aviv where he also played jazz. After completing his studies at New York University – Film & Television (BA) and Theater Directing (MFA) – he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, serving as the Assistant General Director at the Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Since his return to Israel in 1980, he has directed over 50 productions in Israel. Among the wide variety of his works: Dance of Death, Drums in the Night, City Sugar, Elephant Man, Front Page, Daughter of the Regiment (Boston Opera), Comedy of Errors, Breaking the Code, The Suicide, Hunting Scenes, Mephisto, The Odd Couple, Guys and Dolls, Andora, Singer, M. Butterfly, Taking Sides, A View from the Bridge, Don Giovanni (Israeli Opera), Copenhagen, My Fair Lady, The Dresser, The Glass Menagerie, Iron, The Producers, Badenheim 1939 (with Omry Nitzam), Death of a Salesman , The History Boys, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf as well as world premiers of new Israeli plays.

His productions won several theatre prizes including best play, best musical, best revival as well as best director awards. Among his translations for the theater: Buried Child, The Dresser, The Glass Menagerie, Iron and recently his new Hebrew version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Lewesohn teaches acting and directing, and served as Artistic Director of The Israel Festival, Jerusalem 1994-2001.

Lewesohn is on the Board of Directors of The Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater, Tel Aviv; AICE - Australia Israel Cultural Exchange; and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Since May 2009, he has served as Director of the Beit Zvi School of the Performing Arts.

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