TAU Prof. Nola Chalton Wins Israel Prize

TAU's Prof. Nola Chalton has received the 2012 Israel Prize in Performing Arts. A professor emeritus of the Department of Theater Arts at the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Chalton was honored for the indelible mark she has made on Israeli society as a leading theater director, teacher and mentor.

Among the many achievements of her career, Prof. Chalton is credited for establishing documentary style theater in Israel that addresses the country's complex social and political reality.

Prof. Chalton has taught and nurtured generations of actors. At 89, though officially retired, Chalton still teaches a weekly class at the department where she continues to impart her firm belief in the social and pedagogical role of the theater by widening the horizons of her students, developing their belief in the human soul, and emphasizing their responsibility to raise social awareness by giving a voice to those who are not heard.