AN OCEAN AWAY
A new play by Andrei Kureichik in collaboration with Theatre Novi Most Directed by Vladimir Rovinsky and Lisa Channer
Tickets: bit.ly/OceanAwayTix

A DIRECT ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Limited Run, October 30-November 8 at the Center for the Performing Arts (3754 Pleasant Ave #220W, Minneapolis, MN, 55409)

AN OCEAN AWAY tells the unique stories of immigrants and refugees from the post-Soviet diaspora living in Minnesota who are watching the war in Ukraine from afar. Six actors give their voice to fourteen multi-generational characters from different immigration waves and sides of the Ukrainian community. These true retellings of immigration span from the 1930s to today, some just recently making their difficult transition carrying the horrors of Putin’s war on their shoulders. Their personal stories, thoughts about the war, Ukrainian culture, and the indomitable Ukrainian spirit are the foundation for this new documentary play.

This production is the culminating event of Theatre Novi Most’s past three years of work after their tour of The Ukrainian Words Project and subsequent story circles. Ukrainians across Minnesota — soldiers, doctors, mothers, fathers, children, writers, scholars, recent immigrants and Ukrainian Americans alike — shared their stories and current experiences. This is the resulting play.

Featuring Sam Bardwell*, Barbra Berlovitz, Kayla Dvorak Feld, Liv Kemp, David Michaeli, and Timothy Thomas* (performing Oct. 30-Nov. 7; Vladimir Rovinsky to perform Nov. 8).