Quality Time

by Taisiia "Taya" Fedorenko

A young woman interviews her Dad for a documentary she’s making about soldiers.

A young woman interviews her Dad for a documentary she’s making about soldiers.

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Quality Time

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  • Morey Norkin: Quality Time

    In this powerful short piece, we see how the war in Ukraine has broken an already fragile father-daughter relationship. Taisiia “Taya” Fedorenko has given us two fully developed characters struggling to understand each other. As desperate as the father is to repair the damage, like the ever present war it is unclear what the resolution will be. Well done!

    In this powerful short piece, we see how the war in Ukraine has broken an already fragile father-daughter relationship. Taisiia “Taya” Fedorenko has given us two fully developed characters struggling to understand each other. As desperate as the father is to repair the damage, like the ever present war it is unclear what the resolution will be. Well done!

  • Gracie Goldstein: Quality Time

    This play is gut-wrenching. A strained father-daughter relationship unfolds slowly, then all at once, over the course of an interview gone wrong, revealing the true cost of separating a family when they need each other most.

    This play is gut-wrenching. A strained father-daughter relationship unfolds slowly, then all at once, over the course of an interview gone wrong, revealing the true cost of separating a family when they need each other most.

  • Cam Eickmeyer: Quality Time

    It's said the most powerful dialogue is what is unsaid and this short play is a shining example. Mixed between the verbal exchanges are years of expectations, regret, disappointment and loss. The sound of the plane and the presence of war in this play permeate each moment in an inescapable way. You are drawn into the moment and become as helpless as the father and daughter, wanting a way out, but unable to find one.

    It's said the most powerful dialogue is what is unsaid and this short play is a shining example. Mixed between the verbal exchanges are years of expectations, regret, disappointment and loss. The sound of the plane and the presence of war in this play permeate each moment in an inescapable way. You are drawn into the moment and become as helpless as the father and daughter, wanting a way out, but unable to find one.

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Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Young Playwrights Ukraine Ten Minute Play Project, with actors: Liev Schreiber and Uliana Klinchuk, directed by Peter Hedges , Year 2023