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This may not sound like everyone's cup of tea, but it's to the credit of director Gili Bar-Hillel and Yerma's excellent cast that they have pulled it off remarkably well: Despite its essentially static structure, this drama of emotions remains spellbinding for its full two hours. The play's success must be credited in large part in to the startlingly beautiful and lucid performance of Lara Jirmanus '01 as Yerma. Jirmanus's Yerma retains our attention for the duration of the play; striking precisely the right balance between Yerma's haunting desires and the earthy reality...
Yerma is largely a women's play. Director Bar-Hillel says that she selected it for performance in part because she wanted to take advantage of the often under-utilized "pool of talented women at Harvard," and this she has succeeded in doing. The actresses in the play's supporting roles do not fade beside Jirmanus's splendid Yerma but instead complement her and each other, bringing a multitextured and vibrant life to the text's potentially flat and symbolic set of characters...
Professor of Afro-American Studies and the Philosophy of Religion Cornel R. West '74 told audience members last night at the Hillel Forum that becoming an intellectual takes a lifetime...
More than 200 worshipers gathered at the Hillel for an evening of traditional celebration in Hebrew, followed by dinner. The conservative services were simple but well-received by many participants...
Peer Counseling Group, Co-Director; Crimson Key Society, Executive Board; Prefect Program; H-R Hillel, Leadership Council; H-R Chorus & Chamber Ensemble...