About Marielis
Yael Inbar is a theater director, puppeteer, and a script writer for animation films. She is a senior lecturer and head of the animation department of Sapir College in Ashkelon, Israel. Yael established the Gertrude Theater, a theater company that combines puppetry and choreography. Gertrude Theater’s productions have performed worldwide in puppet festivals and theater seasons. The Gertrude Theater also won the first prize at the International Puppets Festival in Valencia, Spain, and at the Cannes International Theater Festival in France. Yael explores the field of storytelling and the use of text in relation to image, on stage, in animation and in installations. This year, Yael is a visiting artist at the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies.