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JANE ALEXANDER, actor, reading, NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP: “Such an important play.”
LAWRENCE SACHAROW (Three Tall Women, Beckett/Albee), director, reading, NYTW: “Brave and adventurous. An important play.”
Wall Street Journal, premiere production, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago: “Like Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ms. Seaquist attempts to reach her audience by focusing not on abstract issues or principles, but on people....In several ways, The Washington-Sarajevo Talks succeeds as well as Ms. Seaquist might wish.”
Neil Wilson, Festival director, Ottawa International Writers Festival 2003, reading: “The best portrayal of humanity in wartime I know.” Audience: “At last, an outward-looking American.” “Stunning.” “Reminded me of Beckett.”
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Globe and Mail (Canada), interview with Carla Seaquist and Canadian playwright David Gow, conducted by critic Kate Taylor, “Setting the stage for social catharsis.” Read Article
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Indianapolis Star, production, Festival of Emerging American Theatre 2003, Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis: “A fascinating dynamic of big ideas and little vulnerabilities....Provocative.”
Bryan Fonseca, A.D., Phoenix Theatre: (When American troops were about to enter Baghdad, anticipating warfare in the streets) “I can’t think of a more timely play.”
Young audience member, reader’s theatre production, The Studio Theatre, Washington, D.C.: “Your play makes me think about the world!”
Aleksandra Bukva, Belgrade, Serbia (the enemy capital), worldwide broadcast, Voice of America: “Your play is wonderful....so honest and warm, it cannot leave a normal human being untouched, no matter how far away he lives from our tragic situation.”
Who Cares?: The Washington-Sarajevo Talks - Production History & Excerpts
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