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<p class=""><b style><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">TIME STANDS STILL, thought provoking, well
conceived at Dobama</span></b></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Roy Berko</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Member, American
Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Nathan Motta,
in his first full season as Artistic Director of Dobama, not only selected a
dynamic script to start his reign, but has conceived a production that is not
only thought provoking, but well conceived.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">TIME STANDS
STILL by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Marguiles, mesmerizes as it
probes the meaning of life?<span style> </span>Why do
each of us do the things we do? <span style> </span>How
do we confront the past as we live in the present? <span style> </span>What about us is reflected in our worldwide view?</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">The horrific
sounds and pictures of the Iraq war flash onto the windows of a Brooklyn
apartment.<span style> </span>After the images
disappear, we are left in darkness to ponder the visions of destruction and
carnage.<span style> </span></span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">A door opens
and Sarah comes hobbling in accompanied by James.<span style> </span>A photojournalist, she was injured by a roadside bomb.<span style> </span>He is her boyfriend and a war
correspondent, who is guilt-filled for having to leave Sarah when he had an
emotional breakdown.<span style> </span></span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">It soon
becomes obvious that there is a tug-of-war between her career and his desire
for normalness and a family.<span style> </span>This
conflict is intensified when Richard, their editor, and his young girlfriend,
Mandy, a party planner, announce they are pregnant.<span style> </span>Questions abound:<span style>
</span>Will Sarah return to the war zone?<span style>
</span>Will the duo remain together?<span style>
</span>What is the value of the pictures and stories of war?<span style> </span>Will those images and words stop the
violence?</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">TIME STANDS
STILL opened off-Broadway in 2010 and had such strong positive critical reviews
that it was moved to Broadway. <span style> </span></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Margulies
dialogue is absorbing.<span style> </span>Its as
inciting and timely as todays headlines.<span style> </span>Mottas focused direction and the talented cast, who bring
every line to life, command engrossed attention.</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Heather
Anderson Boll is outstanding.<span style> </span>She
wraps herself in the role and becomes a believable Sarah, taking the audience
on an emotional journey.<span style> </span>David
Bugher creates in James, a real person who makes his PTSD and transformation
from dedicated journalist to a man needing a non-stress inducing life.<span style> </span>Peter Aylward as Richard is completely
believable.<span style> </span>Llewie Nuρez marvelously
walks the performance tight-rope between creating a Mandy who is perceived as a
mindless twit but morphs into a person who has an instinct for humanness.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">CAPSULE JUDGEMENT:</span></i><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"> <span style> </span>TIMES STANDS STILL is a thought-provoking, well-directed
and acted drama, with comic interludes, that mesmerizes and challenges the
viewer to think beyond the story and look into their own beliefs, attitudes and
life choices. Dial the phone or get on the internet and purchase one of the few
remaining tickets for this show! This is an absolutely must see production!</span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"> </p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">TIMES STANDS
STILL runs through October 6, 2013 at Dobama Theatre.<span style> </span>Call 216-932-3396 or </span><a href="http://www.dobama.org"><span style="font-family:Palatino">http://www.dobama.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> for tickets.</span></p>
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