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Abelman<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cleveland Jewish
News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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International Association of Theatre Critics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Out of sight,
out of mind.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This quaint
saying suggests that if you do not see someone or something with frequency, you
will soon stop thinking about them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Lauren Yee’s new play “in a word,” in production at Cleveland Public
Theatre, suggests an alternative and significantly more disturbing
meaning.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Two years have
passed since Fiona’s adopted seven-year-old son mysteriously disappeared from
the car while she ran into a gas station for a quick purchase.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Her husband Guy has been trying hard to
get over, get around and get through this traumatic event, but she cannot let it
go. She is obsessed by it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lost in
it. <SPAN
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style="COLOR: #222222"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Out of sight,
out of mind.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">And to
demonstrate just how lost Fiona has become, the playwright takes us on an
absurdist, one-act journey into her insanity.<SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">For more of this review, go to:<SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>