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DEPORTED / A DREAM PLAY
By Amy El Khatib
Suffolk Voice
http://www.thesuffolkvoice.net/arts-entertainment/deported-a-dream-play-1.2845444#.T4ZyCFHY-uI
April 11 2012
"Deported / A Dream Play" was hosted by The Suffolk University Modern
Theater in association with the Boston Playwrights' Theater during
the month of March.
Written by Joyce Van Dyke, and directed by Judy Braha, "Deported"
focused on a woman named Victoria who had to suffer through the
experiences of having to leave Armenia and losing her loved ones
during what has become known as the Armenian Genocide.
Centered upon Victoria's pain is the play's main focus on friendship
during such hard times. Throughout her life, Victoria has to live with
the effort of becoming a better person by moving on with her life in
America while dealing with the loss and failure of a friendship she
lost during the genocide, which haunts her days and nights throughout
the story.
The play had a unique blend of acting and dancing, with many dancers
and "dreamers" in the play coming from Students who are a part of
the Suffolk University Theater Department. Through her strong acting
throughout the play, lead actress Bobbie Steinbach helped to hold this
play high above expectations. Not only did she act with great talent,
but she was a natural in playing the bi-lingual, aging character who
had lived through more pain than most could ever imagine.
Actor Ken Baltin, playing Victoria's husband, holds his part in the
story just as well. Playing a man whose pain resonates throughout each
of his lines, he shows that even through his actions, the audience
must have compassion for all the loss he had suffered during the
genocide as well.
One negative note on the 100-minute play; the final act was not as
tightly depicted as the first two. Although the first and second act
worked to portray the emotion and pain between the Armenians and Turks,
the dream-like state of the third act seemed like an odd conclusion
to such a powerful story.
By Amy El Khatib
Suffolk Voice
http://www.thesuffolkvoice.net/arts-entertainment/deported-a-dream-play-1.2845444#.T4ZyCFHY-uI
April 11 2012
"Deported / A Dream Play" was hosted by The Suffolk University Modern
Theater in association with the Boston Playwrights' Theater during
the month of March.
Written by Joyce Van Dyke, and directed by Judy Braha, "Deported"
focused on a woman named Victoria who had to suffer through the
experiences of having to leave Armenia and losing her loved ones
during what has become known as the Armenian Genocide.
Centered upon Victoria's pain is the play's main focus on friendship
during such hard times. Throughout her life, Victoria has to live with
the effort of becoming a better person by moving on with her life in
America while dealing with the loss and failure of a friendship she
lost during the genocide, which haunts her days and nights throughout
the story.
The play had a unique blend of acting and dancing, with many dancers
and "dreamers" in the play coming from Students who are a part of
the Suffolk University Theater Department. Through her strong acting
throughout the play, lead actress Bobbie Steinbach helped to hold this
play high above expectations. Not only did she act with great talent,
but she was a natural in playing the bi-lingual, aging character who
had lived through more pain than most could ever imagine.
Actor Ken Baltin, playing Victoria's husband, holds his part in the
story just as well. Playing a man whose pain resonates throughout each
of his lines, he shows that even through his actions, the audience
must have compassion for all the loss he had suffered during the
genocide as well.
One negative note on the 100-minute play; the final act was not as
tightly depicted as the first two. Although the first and second act
worked to portray the emotion and pain between the Armenians and Turks,
the dream-like state of the third act seemed like an odd conclusion
to such a powerful story.