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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahanock News
More than 100 people helped launch the Ki Theatre’s new season last Saturday by attending a play called “Children of War.”
The performance, based on an oral history taken down and written as a play by Rappahannock resident Joyce Abell for Ki Theatre’s “No Ordinary Person” series, enjoyed a full-house with a standing room only crowd. The play marked Abell’s debut as a playwright.
Abell took the story of four women who grew up as children in Europe during World War II and turned their reminiscences into an original play. In addition, two monologues by Emery Lazar (an Hungarian refugee) and Rene Ruffner ( an American) as children affected by the war, were riveting — particularly Lazar’s piece where he shed tears on stage as he remembered his Jewish friends being taken away by the Nazis. It was powerful and memorable. A taped DVD is being made of the play.
The stories of the children were portrayed by four area actresses: Cydrie Manette, Stephanie Mastrie, Sallie Morgan and Patty Hardee.
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