Rami Hoiberger/Reuven Castro
The play "Operation Grandma" of the Hebrew Theater was canceled at the last minute, following an allegation of verbal sexual harassment by an actor and the play's director, Rami Hoiberger, towards an actress in the play, journalist Gil Meshali published on the Mako website.
The show was canceled after a dress rehearsal was held on Thursday.
According to the publication, Hoiberger told the actress while they were on stage in the dress rehearsal: "If the cue doesn't come in, I will rape the actress."
Gadi Tsadaka, the artistic director of the Hebrew Theater, said in a conversation with Walla!
Culture because this statement was indeed made by Heiberger and added: "There were 250 people in the hall. It is impossible to hide a statement that was made. As the artistic director of the theater, I did not approve the show in light of its artistic level and the behavior of the director and the main actor in it. We will not show any tolerance towards harassment or statement offensive to every person".
Rami Hoiberger has not yet responded.
From the movie "Operation Grandma"/screenshot, ref
In 2007, the Central District Attorney's Office decided to close the case against the actor Rami Hoiberger, who was then suspected of committing an indecent act in a make-up shop.
The prosecutor's office stated that the case was closed due to lack of guilt.
This is after the Rehovot police transferred the investigation file in Heiberger's case to the state attorney's office, without any recommendation.
Attached to the file were two polygraph tests performed by the actor and the complainant - both were found to be telling the truth.
According to publications, the make-up artist filed a complaint with the police alleging that while the two were filming a movie, during one of the breaks she went out to smoke with him and he allegedly touched her without her consent.
It was published that during a confrontation between the two in the police, she told him: "You pinched me in the chest, and touched my genitals."
Huybarger claimed that they just hugged and that everything was consensual.
The stage adaptation of "Operation Grandma" was supposed to be performed in the Hebrew Theater 24 years after the release of the film of the same name, written and directed by Dror Shaul.
Two of the actors from the original film were supposed to return to their original roles - Hoiberger, who played the character of Alon Shagiv ("Karambo") and also directed the play and wrote the adaptation together with Dror Shaul, and attorney Tzachi Spitzen who played the character of Idan Shagiv who also returned to his role .
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