Roee Joseph is an Israeli playwright, theatre director, and documentary creator whose work brings together ethnographic practice, personal testimony, and a nuanced engagement with contemporary Israeli life. His documentary approach blends lived experience with theatrical language, asking how theatre can function as an act of documentation in its own right.
Roee’s latest play, Shura: The Mission of Identifying Life, was written during sixty days of reserve duty after the October 7 attacks, while he served in the military unit responsible for identifying civilian victims. The play premiered at the 2024 Israel Festival and continues to run at Tmuna Theater in Tel Aviv. In 2025, it won four Golden Hedgehog Awards, including Production of the Year.
His earlier documentary work, Hereby I Declare, co-created with Noa Nassie, won the 2022 Golden Hedgehog Award for Best Playwright and was presented at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania. His debut play, Good Morning Hedgehog, premiered at Tmuna Theater and explored intimacy, language, and the fragility of relationships.
Roee has received support from major artistic institutions and foundations, including the Rosenblum Prize for Promising Creator (2024), the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship, the Israeli Institute for Playwriting and the National Lottery Art and Culture Committee.
He teaches documentary theatre at Kibbutzim College, serves on the repertoire committee of Tmuna Theater, and frequently lectures on documentary and ethnographic practices in theatre.
Roee is also a PhD candidate in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar-Ilan University, where his research explores space, urban identity, and the cultural mythologies of Tel Aviv. His work aims to expand the possibilities of documentary creation and to foster meaningful artistic dialogue between Israel and international audiences.