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drives the drama in Dobama’s intriguing ‘The Nether’ </FONT></SPAN></B><B
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face=Georgia>Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">The prolonged, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">ear-splitting sound of <FONT color=#333333><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt">cicadas
during “Appropriate.” </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: ">The</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">spooky Civil War-era house with its <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">creepy dead-eyed doll collection in “John.”
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#333333>The </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#333333>political and profane </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">provocation
that is </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT color=#333333>“Revolt.
She Said. Revolt Again.”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Dobama Theatre seems to be
daring an audience to attend its recent productions, including its current
staging of </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Jennifer
Haley’s “The Nether,” which </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT
color=#333333>received its world premiere in Los Angeles in
2013.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">If
you are appalled by the pedophilia that dominates the HBO documentary “Leaving
Neverland,” then you will most certainly find yourself leaving alone “The
Nether” considering that its central character is an unapologetic pedophile
whose online business provides a safe haven and playground for like-minded
clientele.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT color=#333333>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">And
if you sat dazed and confused over the concept of immersive virtual reality
during “The Matrix” and “Inception,” then you will find yourself slack-jawed and
cross-eyed during Dobama’s 90-minute dark drama, which is set in a </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">virtual wonderland called The Nether.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">There are plenty of reasons not to see </SPAN><SPAN
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play.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there are so many more
reasons why you should. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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more of this article, go to </SPAN></I><SPAN
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