Nivonim Play - Hair
Clad in ‘60's garb, Nivonim showcased their energy and emotion during the much anticipated play, "Hair." Set during the Vietnam War, "Hair" portrays hippie counter-culture targeted to restoring peace. Nivonim campers entered the Beit Am from multiple doors and surrounded a central circular platform during the opening scene, "Aquarius" and guided the entire camp through a dramatic and well-crafted performance all the way until the last song, "T'nu LaShemesh" ("Let the Sun Shine In"). In the final scene, as the characters mourned the death of the hippie tribe's leader, Nivonim campers faced the audience with candles in hand, whispering the words of the song. Soon, the chorus grew louder and energetic as audience members joined in the song, ending the play with excitement and hope.
Ben Davis (Rosh Nivonim): I thought it was a fantastic experience for the campers and for the whole camp. Like we saw during the musical, these Nivonimers really come together to achieve some special things and they are also always eager to bring the camp in to provide memorable experiences for the whole community here. I knew that they had it in them to put on such an incredible play for the camp, but I was a little surprised by exactly how powerful the performance was.
Dani W. (Nivonim): "Hair" was so much fun and it was amazing. Everyone was so energetic; it was just one of the most memorable moments ever. Seeing my whole eidah come together at this one time, just seeing everyone so happy and having so much fun was amazing. My favorite part was definitely the scene, "T'nu LaShemesh" because the whole Beit Am was up dancing and singing and we were all so into it. It was the final scene of our Nivo play and it was just so meaningful and so powerful.
Deena S. (Nivonim): We just performed our play, "Hair," and spent a lot of time preparing as an eidah since the first day of camp and doing different, untraditional activities that made us bond in different ways that we couldn't really understand until tonight. Preparing and performing "Hair" has been the best culminating Nivo experience for me. With our play practices, we became a shevet, a tribe, which not only connected us as an eidah but made the play that much better and it was amazing.
Carole K. (Nivonim): I was really excited, because this was the first year I had a big part in the play. I'm glad I sang for real at my audition and it feels really good to be a part of our eidah and a part of this big moment in our summers. I think we all came together great. This was our last play so we really made it worthwhile. Everyone in the eidah contributed and got into it no matter what their part was. I really enjoyed everyone at the curtain call at the end as one eidah, Nivonim 2008.
Matt L. (Nivonim) It was awesome. It worked out amazing and everyone worked together extremely well. All the chorus numbers were well done and it was probably one of the best Nivo plays of all time.
Nick B. (Nivonim) It seemed like everybody had their moment to shine. Everybody was given one song that a group would love to do. Everybody had the limelight at some point. It just sounded really good; the environment of everybody jumping and dancing at the end was the perfect finale.
Maya Z. (Nivonim) Singing "T'nu LaShemesh" was really, really amazing. I got to lead my eidah in our last song. Our Nivo play was unbelievable and by the end of the song, everybody was up dancing and it was an amazing feeling. It was unreal.