Bio
Nitsana Lazerus first began working with children when she was herself a child, working as a tutor and teaching her peers. Nitsana has a long history of acting; she participated in school stage productions since elementary school, taking private acting lessons through high school, even all the way into motherhood.
Nitsana has always loved to tell stories to others. She recalls that in fourth grade, she gave each of her markers a voice and a character, and would weave stories from her imagination to amuse her classmates. Later, while serving in the army, she wrote and produced a few small shows with other girls in her unit.
She has been performing puppet shows since 1983, in English as well as Hebrew, in both Israel and the United States. Her stories are completely original.
Nitsana has also been teaching Hebrew for the last fifteen years, first to new immigrants to Israel, and at Hebrew schools in New York and Houston. She has been teaching at Shaar HaShalom since 1988.
The music for Nitsana’s shows was composed mostly by Jonathan Lazerus, Nitsana’s son. He sometimes performs live with her.