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Recently, someone who came to see the show shared with one of the cast members a family secret. A traumatic event that his mother had experienced, but vowed to never share with her own children. It sounded as though she had wanted to keep them safe from this knowledge. That Sonia does not share the trauma of her leaving Cuba with her family resonated quite strongly with this person. It’s all left me thinking about how ones’ family history can shape us even if we don’t know that history. And how those secrets never go away…

This entry was posted by Sandra Marquez on Monday, January 22nd, 2007 at 8:35 am and is filed under Sonia Flew. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.