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[[File:Jerusalem Khan Theatre.jpg|thumb|Jerusalem Khan theater's façade]]
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'''Jerusalem Khan Theatre''' (תיאטרון החאן – Teat'ron HaKhan, lit. "The Caravanserai Theatre") is a [[repertory theatre]] based in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]. The theatre is located near the [[Jerusalem–Khan railway station|Jerusalem Railway Station]], in an old [[caravanserai]] building.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v_tXKyDG5j4C&pg=PA22 Patterns and Trends in Israel Drama and Theater, ''Theater in Israel,'' Linda Ben-Zvi ]</ref>
 
==History==
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}}</ref> The current artistic director is the theatre actor and director [[Udi Ben-Moshe]].
[[File:JerusalemKhan.jpg|thumb|Southwestern entrance before reconstruction. The sign reads: "wood and refrigerators factory, also electric"]]
The theatre produces 4-5 new shows annually. The former artistic director, Michael Gurevich, writedwrote and directed some of the plays. Prominent productions included: "A passing shadow" (2000), "War on Home" (2002), "[[The Miser]]" (2003), "Happiness" (2004), "Life Is a Dream (2005). Over all, the theater has about 200 performances a year in house and about 70 in other halls, mainly in the Mann Auditorium in the [[Jerusalem Theater]] complex.<ref name=AboutUs />
 
The Khan Theatre is a [[non-profit organization]]. The theatre's executive committee consists of public figures and representatives of organizations that support it financially - the Jerusalem Municipality, the [[Jerusalem Foundation]] and the [[Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel)|Ministry of Culture and Sport]] .
 
In 1998-2001 the Khan Theater hosted the International Festival of Chamber Music.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100110101715/http://www.khan.co.il/home_english.php The Khan Theatre website]
 
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[[Category:Theatres in Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Theatre companies in Israel]]