Benedictus

Bringing together acclaimed artists from Iran, Israel and the United States, Motti Lerner, one of Israel’s most provocative contemporary playwrights, presents Benedictus. Propelled by world events and against a backdrop of an imminent US invasion of Iran, two estranged childhood friends, one Jewish and one Muslim, born in the same town in Iran, agree to a secret meeting in a Benedictine monastery in Rome to negotiate a price for safety and freedom.