Powerful and heart-rending, the dramatic masterpiece by French-Lebanese writer Wajdi Mouawad, translated here by Monica Capuani and directed by Marco Lorenzi (winner of the 2024 Ubu Prize for best new foreign play), tells the love story between Eitan, a young Israeli, and Wahida, a girl of Arab origin, in a context marked by conflict, pain and hatred. A touching and profound reflection on love, identity and the power of encounter.

Desperately young and in love, Eitan and Wahida meet in New York. Their love blossoms despite their different roots, trying to resist a historical reality that divides them. But fate tests them on the Allenby Bridge, the famous bridge that connects – and at the same time separates – Israel and Jordan: Eitan is the victim of a terrorist attack and falls into a coma.
From that moment on, the personal stories of the two young people become intertwined with collective history, made up of conflicts, ideologies and wounds that have never healed. During his coma, in a suspended and symbolic dimension, the planes of time merge: Eitan's parents and grandparents arrive to watch over him, bringing with them memories, grudges and fears. For all of them, it will be an opportunity to look into the eyes of the most hidden truth, to face the pain of identity, the demon of hatred, the most rigid ideologies that belong to each of the characters and therefore to each of us. It will be an opportunity to understand how to resist the bird of misfortune that strikes at the heart and reason of every human being.