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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!

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.

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.

This sharp, moving play, which was read by Liev Schreiber, depicts a father/daughter conflict, but with the high-stakes intensity of the war in Ukraine, underlying its every word. Two great roles: for a young woman in her 20s, and a man in his 40s. Highly recommended.

An excellent short play about a father and daughter struggling to connect.