http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/11/13/dancing-with-objects/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/11/13/dancing-with-objects/#comment-168 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:48:22 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/11/13/dancing-with-objects/#comment-168 I just produced Sonia Flew here at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, California--what a lovely play. We learned from local "Pedro Pans" that most parents thought that the Castro regime would be overthrown and did not believe they would be separated from their children for long, so while it was certainly a wrenching decision for a mother to make, few expected the actual outcome. And for many, sending their child to the U.S. was a lesser evil than their fear that the child would be forcibly removed and sent to a Young Pioneer camp in the jungle or even to Moscow, which had been rumored. I just produced Sonia Flew here at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, California–what a lovely play. We learned from local “Pedro Pans” that most parents thought that the Castro regime would be overthrown and did not believe they would be separated from their children for long, so while it was certainly a wrenching decision for a mother to make, few expected the actual outcome. And for many, sending their child to the U.S. was a lesser evil than their fear that the child would be forcibly removed and sent to a Young Pioneer camp in the jungle or even to Moscow, which had been rumored.

]]> http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/11/13/dancing-with-objects/#comment-163 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:17:21 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/11/13/dancing-with-objects/#comment-163 As tedious as it might seem, it seems that these details can be so telling when observed as a whole. It's these details that can make or break a show in some regards. As tedious as it might seem, it seems that these details can be so telling when observed as a whole. It’s these details that can make or break a show in some regards.

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