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After the divorce, Varya left her dreams of female happiness in the past, moved to Moscow and plunged headlong into work and raising her son, a difficult teenager, Sasha. However, meeting a handsome German changes everything: Varya accepted his marriage proposal and decided to move to Germany. Hoping to get permission from her ex-husband to take the child out, Varya and Sasha went to their hometown, which is associated with many difficult memories. Pavel flatly refused to sign the documents, so Varya had to stay late to persuade him to change his mind. Soon, Pavel's stepdaughter disappeared without a trace after a walk with Sasha. All suspicions fell on the teenager. To prove her son's innocence, Varya will have to confess the secret that she has kept so carefully for 17 years. ....
The article below was written by Oksana Kovalenko and Kateryna Kobernyk of the Ukrainian Babel, and the story they’ve chosen to tell is heartbreaking because stories like this have become commonplace in today’s Ukraine. ....
“The Cherry Orchard,” Anton Chekhov’s masterful play, is about change social, historical, financial and emotional. And change is of the essence at the Goodman Theatre too, with this production marking the retirement of artistic director Robert Falls. ....
Kolya had just turned 17 when the Russians bombed Mariupol. His parents and sisters died in the shelling, but he survived. He also had a bit of luck when strangers helped him flee the worst. He now lives in Western Europe, where he is sharing his story and rebuilding his life. ....