The Play Torch Song Trilogy Torch Song Trilogy is constructed of three moving plays told over three acts: "International Stud", "Fugue in a Nursery", and "Widows and Children First!" The Written by Harvey Fierstein life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish, drag queen living in New York City is dramatized over the span of the late 1970 and 1980s, through Stonewall, and the AIDS crises, and other ground-breaking milestones for the Translated by Cast: Singers: LTGB community. Told with a likable, human voice, Arnold struggles through Rivka Meshulach Arnold - "The Hazelnuts" - love, disease, and the challenges of child-rearing. Directed by Mordi Gershon Shira Z. Carmel, Yifat Ziv, Natan Datner Ed - Anat Moshkovski Act One: Act Two: Act Three: Set Design: Aki Avni\Nathan Ravitz Piano - International Stud Fugue in a Nursery Widows and Alexandra Nardi Mrs. Beckoff - Characters: Characters: Children First! Roy Cohen/Lior Ronen Costume Design: Arnold Beckoff Laurel Miki Kam\Rivka Michaeli Contrabass - Characters: Yuval Caspin Laurel - Ed Ed Arnold Beckoff Alon Azizi Arrangements Ricki Blich Alan David & Musical Director: Alan - Production Manager: Arnold Beckoff Ed Lior Ronen Omer Dror Keren Shefet Mrs. Beckoff Movement by Tut Mullor David - Assistant director: Lighting Design: Meir Alon Itamar Carmeli\ Gil Seri Michal Isaak Opening: 16 February, 2017. Length: 1 hour and 50 minutes with no interval 5 Program editors: Ruth Tonn Mendelson, Rami Semo Rehearsals. Photos: Gerard Allon. Program graphic design: Nutelstudio 4.