Ealeal Semel

Five teenagers are hospitalized at the Orot Psychiatric Center. They sleep together, eat together and create a show together. On the mind, of course. "Someone Like Me" gives a glimpse into the closed ward, into the lives of the medical staff, the teenagers and their parents, but this is also the story of all of us, because these children, who come from every sector, from every socioeconomic status, are all of us. They are us, just at a different volume. "Someone Like Me" is intended for everyone who has a soul. It deals with the healing power of theater with the hope of raising the level of compassion which is always in danger of decreasing. "Someone Like Me" was created after visits to the "Sheaf" school and the "Abarbanal" mental health medical center, but any connection between the characters and the events in the play and reality is strictly coincidental.

After fifty years of a happy marriage and three children, Izzy and Tiki decide to end their lives together peacefully and on their own terms – at a date and time they have chosen in advance, with the help of a “Clean Exit” kit. The house is already prepared for the mourning period, the refreshments are set out, and the farewell letters are neatly arranged on the table. But just moments before the fateful act, the couple’s eldest daughter knocks on the door. What follows is a chain of unexpected disruptions to their carefully laid plans, culminating in the arrival of all their children, who come home determined to figure out what on earth has gotten into Mom and Dad.