# Tal Itzhaki

Tal Itzhaki (Hebrew: טל יצחקי; born March 1, 1956) is an Israeli theatre designer and director of the Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv, a translator of plays and prose into Hebrew.

## Biography

Tal Itzhaki was born 1 March 1956 in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Dr Yedidya Itzhaki, architect and Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature at Bar-Ilan University and Rina Itzhaki, educator at the Kibbutzim College of Education. She is married to Israeli Professor of theatre at the University of Haifa and translator of drama and poetry Avraham Oz.

### Education

Itzhaki earned a Senior Art Teacher degree from the HaMidrasha School of Art (now HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts of Beit Berl College), Israel (1977), where she studied (among others) under painters such as Raffi Lavie, Eliahu Gat, Yair Garbuz and Shlomo Vitkin; and a B.A. in theatre design (1982) from Tel Aviv University, where she studied under designers such as Lydia Pincus-Gani, Eli Sinai and Ben-Tzion Munitz. She is currently a PhD candidate in Theatre at Tel Aviv University

### Career

Tal Itzhaki has been the director of the Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv since its establishment in 2010. She taught at Tel Aviv University Theatre Department, at the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education and served as Senior Lecturer at the Sapir Academic College. She founded the program of theatre design at the Department of Theatre at the University of Haifa which she headed for 9 years (1996-2004). Between 2003 and 2005 she was a visiting artist at Columbia University, New York, where she designed and produced, together with fellow director Amit Gazit, productions such as Hanoch Levin's Luggage Packers, and co-authored "Neighbors", an adapted "contamination" collage of Levin's plays and "Xandra compelled to speak", a theatrical piece based on Euripides' Trojan Women and texts by 16 other authors, classical and modern.

### TV

Itzhaki also designed TV shows, among them "The Ya'acov Shabtai Songs Show," (1997); "Homage to Kibbutzim," (1997), and others.

### Other Activities

Together with fellow designer Moshe Sternfeld, playwright Hanoch Levin and others, Itzhaki was one of the initiators and founders of the first Fringe Centre in Tel Aviv. She served for many years the General Secretary of AMBI, the Israeli organization of stage designers, curated numerous stage design exhibitions in Israel and abroad, among them six exhibitions of Israeli stage design at the Prague Quadrennial (1991-2011) and the pioneering and much acclaimed and attended "Fashion Show", a gigantic retrospective exhibition of the history of stage and costume design in Israel at the large foyers of the Jerusalem Theatre (2008-9). Itzhaki has published articles on scenography in professional and academic journals and books, and organized international conferences on the subject. She was the Israeli delegate on the professional committees of OISTAT, the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, and was active in IFTR, the international federation of theatre research. Itzhaki lectured, led seminars and workshop and served as member of professional jury in international design competitions, all those in Prague, Amsterdam, United States, Antwerp, Lisbon, Ebora, Munich, Jaipur, Seoul, Gothenburg and elsewhere. She served twice as a juror at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, where she, like many theatre personalities of her generation, started their professional careers.

### Translations

Tal Itzhaki has translated numerous plays into the Hebrew, among them María Irene Fornés' The Conduct of Life, Sarah Daniels Neaptide, Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing, David Hare's Secret Rapture, Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine and Seven Jewish Girls, Arnold Wesker's Shylock, Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year, Anne Devlin's Ourselves Alone, Nick Dear's The Art of Success, and many others. She has translated Winston Churchill's collection Never Give In.

## Awards and Citations

Tal Itzhaki has designed sets, costume, puppets and masks for over 250 shows in theatres, dance companies, and theatre schools in Israel and abroad. Her work won several awards and citations.
Her design for "Woman from the Earth" at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, 1981, won her the First Prize for design. "The fair, celestial set of Tali Itzhaki, with sown angels, and silhouettes of Cherubim and Seraphim placed on stage, is wonderful", wrote critic Giora Manor at the daily "Al Hamishmar"; and Amir Orian writes in the weekly "Ha'ir":"The set of Tali Itzhaki is simple and serves well the basic approach of the production. Yet it is also impressive in its beauty in the combined placement of the various figures of Lilith in shades of red against a white background."
On her design for "The Pledge of Troth" at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre and The Library Theatre, Maariv (newspaper) reviewer Sarit Fuchs has written: " "The Pledge of Troth"... turned, owing to a beautiful classical stage fermentation, into a sensual experience, a dream experience... The sea of Jaffa – one of the central symbols of the story – the symbol of sub conscience, passion, lunacy, was created by designer Tali Itzhaki as a beautiful backdrop, serving as a reflection of the mental world of the characters, who are gradually engulfed and imprisoned by their madness. The sea, like the entire stage, moves between a shining Israeli light of consciousness, and a Norwegian or Swedish darkening, of a sub conscience remindful of Ibsen, Bergman, or Edvard Munch"
And on the production of Inherit the Wind, which she designed for the Haifa Theatre, theatre critic Elyakim Yaron wrote in the same paper: "It is impossible to imagine Gazit's direction of the play, especially in those parts in which a huge theatrical and spectacular momentum is required, without his fertile cooperation with his stage designer, Tali Itzhaki. Her impressive stage design indeed enables a show of such theatrical extension. Her design managed to successfully create a magnificent integration of that atmosphere of distinct American background, and a clear conception of a huge and impressive space. The aesthetic neatness of the set, which wonderfully combines the brown wooden colors with the classical white structure of columns and banisters, is a delight for the eye. And indeed the director uses this framework well, when he sits on the upper balconies the town's citizens attending the trial. And this excellent stage picture is yet complemented by the beautiful costumes."

## Gallery

* Twelfth Night (Haifa University Theatre, 1998)
* Twelfth Night (Haifa University Theatre, 1998)

## Selected works for the theatre: set, costume, puppets and masks

Selected works designed (to open table press the "show" button) :
| Year | Production | Author | Adaptation/Translation | Director | Set | Costume | Puppets/Masks | Lighting | Theatre |
| 1980 | No Pardon, No Thanks, No Welcome | Yitzhak Laor | | Yitzhak Laor | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Kibbutzim College of Education |
| 1981 | "Men in the Sun" | Ghassan Kanafani | Fuad Awad | Fuad Awad | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Dorit Malin | Tel Aviv University |
| 1981 | Woman from the Earth | Yael Feiler | from Jewish sources | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Dorit Malin | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, Neve Tzedek Theatre |
| 1982 | Curse of the Starving Class | Sam Shepard | Esther Izbitsky | Esther Izbitsky | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1982 | The Lost Princess | Shimon Levy | after Nachman of Breslav | Shimon Levy | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Tel Aviv University |
| 1982 | Zbenk and Finish | San Francisco Mime Troupe | | Sinai Peter | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Neve Tzedek Theatre |
| 1982 | Kennedy's Children | Robert Patrick | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1983 | The Trip to the Island Ulay | after Miriam Yalan-Stekelis | | Bilhah Mass | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Yuval Theatre |
| 1983 | Dusa, Fish, Vy and Stas | Pam Gems | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Kibbutzim College of Education |
| 1983 | Circles | Ophelia Strall | | David Braslavi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tel Aviv University |
| 1983 | Courtship and Marriage | Dennis Silk | | Fa Tsu | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Objects Theatre, Israel Museum |
| 1984 | The Parliament of Women | after Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae | Nisim Aloni | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Kibbutz Stage |
| 1984 | Pledge of Troth | Yoram Falk | after Shmuel Yosef Agnon | Yoram Falk | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | The Library Theatre, Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1984 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | | Rina Yerushalmi | Moshe Sternfeld | Tal Itzhaki | | | Kibbutzim College of Education |
| 1985 | The Island on Birds Street | Uri Orlev | | Benjamin Tsemach | Moshe Sternfeld | Tal Itzhaki | | | Orna Porat Children's Theater |
| 1985 | Coffee Please | Nava Zuckerman | | Nava Zuckerman | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Judy Kupferman | Tmu-na Theatre |
| 1985 | Selling Only | Joan Holden | Hagit Rekhavi | Dan Chumley/Israel Gurion | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Neve Tzedek Theatre |
| 1985 | Temporary Separation | Hillel Mittelpunkt | | Hillel Mittelpunkt | Eytan Levy | Tal Itzhaki | | | Habima Theatre |
| 1985 | Cecilia, Christina, Cornelia and All the Rest | Daniella Michaeli | after Yona Wallach's poetry | Daniella Michaeli | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Netta Gelfman | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1985 | Oedisinbad | Xenia Claviropolus | Ada Ben-Nahum | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Judy Kupferman | Orna Porat Children's Theater |
| 1986 | Rosmersholm | Henrik Ibsen | David Maayan | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1986 | Mench Meier | Franz Xaver Kroetz | Gad Kaynar | Yoram Falk | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1986 | From Fly to Elephant | after Ayin Hillel | Tal Omer | Tal Omer | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tikki Productions |
| 1986 | Uga, Uga, Uga | Roni Pisker | | Roni Pisker | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Matan – Beit Lessin Theater |
| 1986 | The Blast in Ahalan Street | Daniella Carmi | | Hagit Rekhavi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Orna Porat Children's Theater |
| 1986 | Train in Bavaria | Malka Merin | after Esther Fuchs | Malka Merin | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1986 | My Husband Shakespeare | Simkha Spector | | Simkha Spector | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Alternativa Group |
| 1987 | Tully's Follies | Lanford Wilson | | Michael Downes | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1987 | Blood Wedding | Federico Garcia Lorca | | Irit Halperin and Hani Abu-Hamed | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tayibe Community Theatre |
| 1987 | Step on a Crack | Susan Zeder | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Orna Porat Children's Theater |
| 1988 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Rivka Meshulach | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1988 | Benito | Michael Kahana | | Michael Kahana | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Matan - Habima Theatre |
| 1988 | Vineyards Singing Company | Yair Klinger | | Dani Lita'i | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Vineyards Singing Company |
| 1988 | Day of Independence Show, Rishon LeZion | Musical Director: Yair Klinger | | Dani Lita'i | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Rishon LeZion |
| 1988 | Kiryat Malachi Youth Singing Company | | | Zvia Huberman | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Kiryat Malachi Youth Singing Company |
| 1988 | Between Water and Water | Yoram Falk | after Yosef Haim Brenner | Yoram Falk | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1988 | Rat in the Skull | Ron Hutchinson | | Dorit Yerushalmi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1988 | Independence Night of Mr Israel Sheffi | Avraham Raz | | Frida Rafael | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, Beersheba Theater |
| 1988 | The Hands of Galathea | Michael Shancel | | Dorit Yerushalmi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1988 | A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tennessee Williams | | Nicole Kassel | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1988 | Balerina | Arna Scoan | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1988 | Wild Child | Tammi Zar | | Daniella Michaeli | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Orna Porat Children's Theater |
| 1989 | Rashomon | Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1989 | Inherit the Wind | Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee | Avraham Oz | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yehiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 1989 | Ephraim Goes Back to the Army | Yitzhak Laor | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Tzavta theater |
| 1989 | The Trip to the Island Ulay | after Miriam Yalan-Stekelis | | Irit Vager | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Sunflower Theatre |
| 1989 | Gallows Humor | Jack Richardson | | Dorit Yerushalmi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1989 | Come and Go | Yoni Lahav | | Dorit Yerushalmi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tikki Productions |
| 1989 | Rosmersholm | Henrik Ibsen | Miriam Kainy | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 1989 | You Can't Take It With You | George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 1989 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Rivka Meshulach | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Library Theatre |
| 1990 | Peace Child | Hannan Peled | Music by David Gordon | Yael Drouyannoff | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Peace Child |
| 1990 | Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | Moliere | Nathan Alterman | Vardit Shalfy | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1990 | The Parliament of Women | after Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae | Nisim Aloni | Frida Rafael | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1990 | Neaptide | Sarah Daniels | Tal Itzhaki | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | | | Judy Kupferman | Beit Zvi |
| 1991 | Chicken Soup | Yair Tribelski | Orly Wasserzug | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Hassimta Theatre |
| 1991 | When the Omelette Touches the Salad | Michael Morris-Reich | | Rivi Feldmesser-Yaron | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1992 | The Magic Sandal | after Metveiev | Miki Mevorach | Neta Oren | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | The Shadows Theatre |
| 1992 | Duet (This Property is Condemned and Moony's Kid Don't Cry) | Tennessee Williams | | Vered Gilboa | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts |
| 1992 | Abeer | Hagit Yaari | | Hagit Yaari | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre |
| 1994 | The Tempest | William Shakspeare | Orly Gross and Eugene Nacht | Eugene Nacht | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Haifa Festival of Children Theatre |
| 1994 | Boy's Life | Howard Korder | Yoav Katz | Arthur Kogan | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1994 | Fen | Caryl Churchill | | Ohad Shahar | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Man is Man | Bertolt Brecht | Amnon Achi-Naomi | David Bergman | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Montserrat | Emanuel Robles | Lillian Helman/Doron Tavori | Vardit Shalfy | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 1995 | Families: Sisters Donahue and The Parkers | Geraldine Aron | Tal Itzhaki | Hanna Maron | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Beautiful Thing | Jonathan Harvey | Tal Itzhaki | Yoram Falk | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Getting Out | Marsha Norman | | Noia Lancet | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Erica's Orchard | Erica Knoller | | Amnon Rothstein | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Teatronetto Festival, Haifa Theatre |
| 1995 | Key Girl | Shlomit Trigger-Haguel | Hagit Rekhavi-Nicolayevski | Hagit Rekhavi-Nicolayevski | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Hanni Productions |
| 1995 | Company (musical) | George Furth and Stephen Sondheim | Lyrics and music: Stephen Sondheim | Meir Vardi | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | The Workshop | Jean-Claude Grumberg | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1995 | Ghost Song | Alona Kimhi | | Alona Kimhi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tzavta Theatre |
| 1996 | Antigone | Sophocles | Aharon Shabtai | Vardit Shalfy | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 1996 | Eskesta - Courtship | Ruth Eshell | | Choreography Ruth Eshell | | Tal Itzhaki | | | Eskesta Ethiopian Dance Theatre |
| 1997 | Voyages | Shulamit Lapid | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Cameri Theater |
| 1997 | Roots | Miriam Kayni | | Miriam Kayni | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Festival of Short Plays, Tzavta Theatre |
| 1997 | Ma Ni Ma Mima | Joshua Sobol | | Ilan Toren | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Festival of Short Plays, Tzavta Theatre |
| 1997 | Qat'r-al-Nada | Samih al-Qasim | | Nabeel Azar | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Yoad Theatre, Kafr Rami |
| 1997 | The Crucible | Arthur Miller | | Ilan Toren | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 1997 | Terminal One, Dance | Tamir Gens | | Choreography Tamir Gens | | Tal Itzhaki | | | Bat-Dor Dance Company |
| 1997 | Eskesta – "Memories from the Village" | Ruth Eshell | | Choreography Ruth Eshell | | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Eskesta, Ethiopian Dance Company |
| 1998 | Ouri Bat 50 (Ouri 50 Years Old), | Compiled by Er'ella Brown | | Sinai Peter | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa University Theatre |
| 1998 | Extasy, Dance | Berta Yampolsky | | Choreography Berta Yampolsky | Tal Itzhaki | Berta Yampolsky | | | Israel Ballet |
| 1998 | And Alone We stayed | Miriam Kayni | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa Festival of Children Theatre |
| 1998 | Another Day | Songs by Rachel Shapira | | Moshe Tené | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tzavta Theatre |
| 1998 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Ehud Manor | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa University Theatre |
| 1998 | Leah's Boots | after the poems of Leah Goldberg | Hagit Rekhavi-Nikolaevski | Hagit Rekhavi-Nikolaevski | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Orna Porat children's Theater |
| 1999 | Telemachus Clay | Lewis John Carlino | Tirtza Atar | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 1999 | Epikorus, dance | Tamir Gens | | Choreography Tamir Gens | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Bat-Dor Dance Company |
| 1999 | Medea, dance | Berta Yampolsky | | Choreography Berta Yampolsky | Tal Itzhaki | | Tal Itzhaki | | Israel Ballet |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | T. Carmi | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre, Open air Theatre at the Carmel forest |
| 2000 | The Conduct of Life | Maria Irene Fornes | Tal Itzhaki | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2000 | Fear and Sorrow in the BRD | Franz Xaver Kroetz | | Ilan Toren | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2000 | Bag without Violence | Tamir Gens | | Choreography Tamir Gens | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Bat-Dor Dance Company |
| 2000 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Federico Garcia Lorca | | Muneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Al Midan Theatre |
| 2000 | The Silver Tassie | Seán O'Casey | | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Beit Zvi |
| 2001 | Men in the Sun | Ghassan Kanafani | | Muneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Kibbutzim College of Education |
| 2001 | Trojan Women | Euripides | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2001 | A Bird Enrapt by Magic | A Tribute to the poems of Zelda (poet) | | Ora Zitner | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Tzavta Theatre |
| 2001 | Emile Habibi – I Stayed in Haifa | A Tribute to Emile Habibi | compiled by Siham Daoud | Siham Daoud | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Rappoport Auditorium, Haifa |
| 2001 | The Female Odd Couple | Neil Simon | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2002 | Everybody Wants to Live | Hanoch Levin | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2002 | Men in the Sun (Arab version) | Ghassan Kanafani | | Muneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2002 | Letters to My Brother | Yaki Mehraz | | Yaki Mehraz | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Nava Productions |
| 2003 | Neaptide | Sarah Daniels | Tal Itzhaki | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2003 | Cloud Nine | Caryl Churchill | Tal Itzhaki | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2003 | Tough Love | Motti Lerner | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa Theatre |
| 2003 | Luggage Packers (English version) | Hanoch Levin | Michael Alfreds | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York |
| 2003 | Telemachus Clay | Lewis John Carlino | Tirza Atar | Etti Resnik | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Amir Brenner | Akko Festival, Library Theatre |
| 2004 | Luggage Packers (Hebrew version) | Hanoch Levin | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2004 | Luggage Packers (Arab version) | Hanoch Levin | Ala Hlehel | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Haifa University Theatre |
| 2004 | Neighbors | after Hanoch Levin | Tal Itzhaki and Amit Gazit | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York |
| 2005 | The Frog Prince, a dance | Tamir Gens | | Choreography Tamir Gens | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Bat-Dor Dance Company, Camea Group |
| 2005 | Xandra compelled to speak | Tal Itzhaki and Amit Gazit | after Euripides/Jean-Paul Sartre, William Shakespeare, Jean Giraudoux, Christa Wolf, Mahmud Darwish, Arundhati Roy, Hanoch Levin, Bertolt Brecht, Aaron Sorkin et al. | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York |
| 2006 | Clouds on A Mountain Way | Orna Akad | | Orna Akad | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Al Midan Theatre |
| 2007 | The Lion and the Jewel | Wole Soyinka | Yaffa Shuster | Yaffa Shuster | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Natela Theatre |
| 2008 | Ibn Khaldun | Hisham Suliman | | Hisham Suliman | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Nazareth Fringe Theatre |
| 2008 | Gonny in the Kingdom of the Garbage Creatures | Rimona Lapin | | Rimona Lapin | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tel Aviv University |
| 2008 | Him That Pisses Against the Wall | Hama Tuma | Yaffa Shuster | Yaffa Shuster | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | The Interdisciplinary Arena, Jerusalem |
| 2009 | Jump | Ayelet Moskowits-Weiss | | Shimon Levy | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tmu-na Theatre |
| 2009 | Herzl Said | Iyad Barguthi | | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Al Lajun Theatre, Masrahid Festival |
| 2010 | Sun, Don't Go Away | Ayman Agbaria | | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Ya'acov Sliv | Nazareth Fringe Theatre |
| 2010 | The Island | Athol Fugard | | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Al Midan Theatre |
| 2011 | Servant of Two Masters | Carlo Goldoni | | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Firas Ruby | Al Midan Theatre |
| 2011 | How Much Sea in the Sea | Ayin Hillel | Tal Omer | Tal Omer | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Children Theatre |
| 2011 | Split Screen | After Dahlia Ravikovitch and Naguib Mahfouz | Tal Omer and Mouneer Bakri | Tal Omer and Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2011 | Home | Riad Masarwa | | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | | Al Midan Theatre |
| 2012 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Federico Garcia Lorca | Rivka Meshulach | Mouneer Bakri | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Ya'acov Sliv | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2012 | The Crucible | Arthur Miller | Ehud Manor | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2013 | Ashes to Ashes/Mountain Language | Harold Pinter | Avraham Oz | Avraham Oz | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2013 | Krum | Hanoch Levin | | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2013 | The Legendary Inikpi | Emmy Idegu | Lihi-Barzel-Melamed | Yaffa Shuster | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | the African-Israeli Stage |
| 2014 | Neaptide | Sarah Daniels | Tal Itzhaki | Amit Gazit | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2014 | Good | C. P. Taylor | Avraham Oz | Avraham Oz | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Yechiel Orgal | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2015 | Arlecchino | Leon Katz | Nisim Aloni | Ofira Laniado | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki and Noa Dotan | Tal Itzhaki and Noa Dotan | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv THeatre |
| 2015 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Zindel | Yaakov Shabtai | Dor Peles | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2015 | Women Talk Women | Doreet Peled-Harpaz | | Doreet Peled-Harpaz | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Nizar Khamra | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2015 | Heffetz | Hanoch Levin | | Shalom Shmuelov | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Uri Rubinstein | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2015 | Woyzeck | Georg Büchner | Yedidya Itzhaki, Dan Miron | David Braslavi | David Braslavi | Tal Itzhaki | | Judy Kupferman | Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2016 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Avraham Oz | Avraham Oz | Tal Itzhaki | Timoteo Corelli | | Nizar Khamra | Alfa Theatre, Tel Aviv |
| 2017 | Back River | Rachel Shalita | | Eliran Caspi | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Eliran Caspi | Teatronetto Festival, Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2017 | The Violin | Gili and Nimrod Shanit | | Gili and Nimrod Shanit | Sharon Keren | Tal Itzhaki | | | Tmu-na Theatre |
| 2017 | Yevke | Mulo Gojem Entenach | | Fruit Parada | Tal Itzhaki | | | | Tazata Theatre |
| 2017 | The Boys Next Door | Tom Griffin | Gadi Inbar | Dor Peles | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Nizar Khamra | Alfa Theatre, Tel Aviv Theatre |
| 2019 | Landscape | Harold Pinter | Avraha Oz | Avraham Oz | Tal Itzhaki | Tal Itzhaki | | Nizar Khamra | The Academy of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv Theatre |

## Select publications

* Tal Itzhaki, Beyond Concrete, American Theatre 2008.
* Tal Itzhaki,Ways of Unseeing: Glass Walls on the Main Stage, in: Susan Haedicke, Dee Heddon, A. Oz, E J Westlake (eds.), Political Performances: Theory and Practice, New York & Amsterdam, 2009.
* Tal Itzhaki, Theatre and Travel, Teatron 2010.(Hebrew)
* Tal Itzhaki Notes Concerning the PQ Changes, in: Sodja Lotker (ed.), Transformations of Prague Quadrennial from 1999 to 2015, Prague, 2017