Na Laga'at (in English, Please Touch) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Adina Tal and Eran Gur around the first of its kind in the world ensemble whose actors are all deafblind (double disability).
The center operates the Na Laga'at theater with ensemble consists of deaf, blind, deafblind and actors who can see and hear; Kapish Events Complex, where waiters are deaf and communicate with the customers in sign language; The dark restaurant Blackout (kosher-dairy), where the meal is held in complete darkness and a team of blind and visually impaired waiters accompanies the patrons throughout the meal; workshops center, offering a variety of workshops led by content experts and a team of deaf, blind and deafblind instructors.
Pearlman explained the choice of Na Laga'at: "One of the most innovative theaters in the world, a cultural and arts center that brings together the deaf, the blind and the general public, and creates an equal dialogue that promotes the needs and aspirations of every person."
In 2018 the center received an international social honorary award for "effectiveness of cultural action for a better society" on behalf of Fair Saturday foundation.
Adina Tal and with Eran Gur founded the Nalaga'at Theater Company in 2002[2] after accepting an invitation to teach drama to a group of deaf-blind individuals.
The Na Laga'at theater provides a permanent ongoing stage for the only ensemble in the world whose actors are deaf, blind, and deafblind, and to allow them artistic self-expression.
The theater's debuted performance "Light is Heard in Zig-Zag" directed by Adina Tal, was staged in 2000 in Israel and worldwide and received excellent reviews among viewers and critics.
Employing these actors in the theater on a daily basis empowers them, improves their interpersonal communication skills, reduces their social isolation and enables encounters and contact with hearing and seeing audiences and also with people of identical and different struggles.
In 2018 the theater staged its own adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play Children of a Lesser God by Mark Madoff and directed by Noam Shmuel.
In its new home the repertoire company went on to open the Blackout restaurant (where patrons sit in the dark and are served by blind waiters), and the Kapish coffee shop (which employs an all-deaf team of food servers).
The kosher restaurant, located within the Na Laga'at complex, provides the guests with an exceptional culinary and sensory experience as it offers meals in complete darkness.
The team of blind or visually impaired waiters leads guests to their places and serves them a selection of inspiring dishes from a rich menu.
The workshops take place in the dark and in the light, and allow the general public to experiment the challenges associated with the world of the senses in an active, experiential way.
The Na Laga'at center aims to expand the circles of exposure among children, adolescents and adults, thus developing and strengthening the important dialogue between different communities and bridging cultural-social gaps while accepting the other and recognizing their strengths and not their weaknesses.
The Na Laga'at center offers a different listening experience, in the dark - music performances by the best composers in Israel (Arkady Duchin, Matti Caspi, Yoni Rechter, Berry Sakharof, Keren Peles, Shalom Hanoch, etc.)