PARADISE

by Glyn O'Malley (click on the playwright's name to read about the late Glyn O'Malley)
January 25 - February 25, 2007

WHERE THERE IS PEACE, THERE IS POSSIBILITY.
Life is complicated enough for seventeen year-old girls. But when one is Palestinian and the other Israeli, it approaches the impossible. From across a divided West Bank, Fatima and Sarah search for the truth and question the validity of this pernicious conflict that defines their world. But by challenging the status quo, they find themselves on a collision course where the destination - once unthinkable - becomes the inevitable.

Directed by David Cecsarini

Featuring Leah Dutchin, Emily Trask, Mary MacDonald Kerr, Luke Leonhardt, Joseph Fernandez

Leah Dutchin (Fatima) and Joseph Fernandez (Omar)

 

In the Press...

"Powerful ‘Paradise’ fairly explores Mideast conflict."

-The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle--02/02/07

"This play will move you."

-Waukesha Freeman--01/26/07

"Next Act continues its season with a thoughtful production of O’Malley’s very human political drama."

-Vital Source Magazine--February 2007

"..the deliberate and delicate pacing of the bulk of Paradise was the only route by which it could have come to its very moving conclusion, in which case Next Act has chosen its path well."

-Shepherd Express--2/1/07

 

 

Click here to read the January 12, 2007 article in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.

Click here to read the January 23, 2007 article in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Click here to read the January 25, 2007 article in Shepherd Express.

Click here to hear David Cecsarini, Leah Dutchin and Emily Trast on WUWM's LakeEffect.

Click here to watch Leah Dutchin and Emily Trask on TMJ4's The Morning Blend.

Emily Trask (Sarah) and Leah Dutchin (Fatima)