VUTheatre brought A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow in Neely Auditorium. The play talks about the story of two sisters who have been recently united after the end of world war 2. Young sister, Rose, has spent nearly all her life in New York and remembers little about her sister or family’s native Poland, while the older sister, Lusia has survived the Holocaust and years of imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps. The play follows the sisters as they reconcile with the past and each other, becoming true family at the end. Love and memory are both major themes in this play. However, love is more powerful than space, time, or even death as it can bring people back to the present and together across impossible boundaries.
A Shayna Maidel reminds the audiences about the importance and power of the past for a person. But at the same time, the play indicates that it is essential to live in the present with the help of hope and love inspired by hearts. These elements are presented by the demonstration of lighting, costumes and a specific scene. Lighting is used to illuminate how the relationship in the family grows closer. Flashback scenes occur throughout the play to increase drama and provide meaning for …show more content…
Cruel reality and inequality let them lose themselves. This reminds me of the slavery history when black people suffers severe inequality in the society. In “Beloved”, writer Morrison says that slavery history is a nightmare for these people that white people take away anything from slaves. They not just work, kill or main salves, but dirty them (Morrison, 295). Even though author describes these violent treatments in the novel, she at the end still claims that this is not a story to pass on (Morrison, 324). Memory is power and essential to people’s life, but people should move on and live in the present. It is not worthy to let painful memories bother future with full of
A Shayna Maidel reminds the audiences about the importance and power of the past for a person. But at the same time, the play indicates that it is essential to live in the present with the help of hope and love inspired by hearts. These elements are presented by the demonstration of lighting, costumes and a specific scene. Lighting is used to illuminate how the relationship in the family grows closer. Flashback scenes occur throughout the play to increase drama and provide meaning for …show more content…
Cruel reality and inequality let them lose themselves. This reminds me of the slavery history when black people suffers severe inequality in the society. In “Beloved”, writer Morrison says that slavery history is a nightmare for these people that white people take away anything from slaves. They not just work, kill or main salves, but dirty them (Morrison, 295). Even though author describes these violent treatments in the novel, she at the end still claims that this is not a story to pass on (Morrison, 324). Memory is power and essential to people’s life, but people should move on and live in the present. It is not worthy to let painful memories bother future with full of