Theatre's cultural function as a political arena stems not only from its direct involvement with contemporary conflicts and tensions, but also from its reconfigurations of myths that constitute the political imagination. This seminar will focus on Hebrew theatre’s remolding of Jewish myths about redemption and destruction. We will follow historical and legendary moments that constitute the ways through which Jews imagined their past and future: e.g. the destruction of the Second Temple, Sabbatai Zevi, the Golem myth, and the Arrival of the Messiah. We will explore how various plays interpret and deconstruct these moments, and through them deal with broad political questions such as exile and diaspora; the messianic aspect in Zionism; or the possibility of a violent redemption. We will also focus on the specific intervention of theatre's basic components in the modern Jewish political imagination – through the reshaping of destructed space and messianic time.