Yair Sherman

Yair Sherman is an award-winning theatre director and one of the most promising fresh voices in Israeli theater today.

Sherman was born in San Jose in 1984 and grew up in Jerusalem. In 2003, he moved to NYC where he studied at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
After completing his studies, Sherman returned to Israel where he lives in Tel Aviv. He has been working as a theatre director in numerous venues throughout the country and abroad, and teaches at three of the country's leading theatrical academies.

In 2016, Sherman won awards for two separate productions: "Best Director" for his production of The Bacchae, at Israel’s annual Kipod Hazahav Fringe Theatre Awards, and "Best Director", "Best Play", and "Best Supporting Actor" for The Endless Mourner at The Kufar International Festival in Minsk, Belarus. In 2019 he was invited to Beijing to direct Hanoch Levin's epic play "Requiem".
Selected works: "Requiem" – Beijing, "Indecent" – The Cameri Theatre, "Winter Funeral" - Beer Sheva Theatre, "The Bacchae" – Tmuna Theatre, "The Emperor" - Yoram Lewinstein Studio, "The Lost women of Troy" – Yoram Lewinstein Studio, "The Endless Mourner"- Goodman Academy.