Sabotage

Even as individuals, they stand in their own way the most and single-handedly prevent their own happiness: the wasted email, the missed meeting, the belated declaration of love. We sabotage ourselves, constructing mental worlds that actively contribute to missing our own goals.

But self-sabotage also has a relieving function: If we avoid all effort, we can easily blame our own failure on external circumstances. This effect, however, is only short-term and leads to a downward spiral until we finally perish in apathy and cynicism. Do we avoid pain at all costs, even at the cost of our own happiness? Will our tendency toward self-sabotage reach such a point that we, as humanity, bring about our own self-extinction through technological inventions, war, and environmental destruction? Humanity stands on the brink; but perhaps this is also the best starting point for something new.

Yael Ronen was born in Jerusalem in 1976. She studied dramatic writing at HB Studio in New York and directing at the HaKibbutzim seminar in Tel Aviv. At the Schaubühne, Yael Ronen first presented the plays she developed in Israel at FIND. Together with the Schaubühne ensemble and Palestinian and Israeli actors, she developed the works "Third Generation" (2009) and "The Day Before the Last Day" (2011). From 2015 to 2023, she was resident director at the Maxim Gorki Theater. Since the 2023/24 season, Yael Ronen has been a regular stage director at the Schaubühne again. The previously created works »Bucket List« (invited to the Theatertreffen 2024) and »Replay« remain part of the repertoire.