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[Simon] finds himself gradually drawn into Juliette's life, impressed by her resilience and worried about her circumstances. In her early twenties, Juliette is utterly alone in the worl penni;ess and living in a dingy hostel. Ten members of her family were butchered before her eyes. And yet she has a spark within her that kindles Simon's dulled emotions and reignites his passion for writing poetry. And, as Juliette gradually learns to trust him, her path to healing begins to open, with a happy surprise along the way.
Every note of [C. Williamson]'s portrayal of Juliette is pitch-perfect: vocal, physical and emotional. She speaks with a gende, musical lilt, while emphatically enunciating Juliette's newly learned English. Williamson's face rises and falls with Juliette's cresting and ebbing emotions, and her eyes light up or grow dull as she remembers happy and horrific times.The play's most poignant scene takes place in Juliette's room on the anniversary of the day the genocide began. Juliette spends it alone, lighting 10 candles - each one different - for the family members who were murdered. Williamson looks up and off into the distance, eyes shining as Juliette "sees" herself playing with her baby sister in the garden, joking with her father and teasing her brother. She recounts a memory as she lights each votive, on a nearly darkened stage, until all 10 flicker in silence. The silence is broken only by the muffled sobs of authence members.See the full content of this document
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Out of Rwanda
Out of Rwanda
Theater review: I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from RwandaThe horrors of genocide stagger the conscience. They become more diflicult to comprehend, and easier to forget, when events occur in a distant, unfami...See the full content of this document
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