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Topic: RSS FeedKansas City. MO.: trench-war love.(Front and Center)(How His Bride Came to Abraham)
American Theatre, January, 2004 by McCracken, Derek S.
What if the fine line between love and hate were the frontline of a war? Actor-turned-playwright Karen Sunde explores that idea in How His Bride Came to Abraham, a Middle Eastern war drama making its world premiere at Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre on Jan. 23.
Portraying conflict is what theatre does best, believes the Unicorn's producing artistic director Cynthia Levin, who sought Sunde's drama for her company's 30th anniversary season. "The play has to be approached in images, snapshots, strong moments," says Levin. "The whole picture is enticing, one that's fair to both sides."
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Though Sunde wrote the play about a decade ago, its subject matter has remained relevant. Set in the 1990s in an occupied territory of...
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