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The New Jewish Theatre

Sonia Flew - Joe Pollack, KWMU

SONIA FLEW
by Joe Pollack for KWMU
aired March 13, 2009

"Sonia Flew," by Melinda Lopez, is powerful stuff. It had its world premiere in Boston and since has had a handful of productions around the country. It looks at a family that was scattered from Havana in 1961, and still is trying to reconnect 40 years later in Minneapolis. The play's two acts, in reverse chronological order, involve most of the family at different stages of their lives, and bring a glorious performance from Kari Ely, first as the title character, a wife and mother, second as the loyal family maid.

Lopez, born in Colombia of Cuban parents, came to the U.S. when she was three, in 1969, and is familiar with the stress that permeated the lives of her family and friends. She is sensitive to old-country traditions, and to today's totally different circumstances, and her characters show a lot of reality. They also yell, and the actors - especially the younger ones like Billy Kelly and Meg Rodd - tend to go over the top too often. Ely shows superior control, and so do Jack Flack as a Minneapolis husband and a Havana spy and Chris Limber as a pair of patriarchal figures. Rodd is Ely's daughter and also the younger personification of Ely herself, and she separates them nicely. Brooke Edwards is solid in a parental role.

Tom Martin directed stylishly, dividing the personalities so that they are easy to keep separate, with Dunsi Dai, who seems to be on every stage in town this season, designing a workmanlike set. Powerful, sometimes emotionally wrenching drama, "Sonia Flew," by the New Jewish Theatre at Clayton High School through March 29."Sonia Flew" brings passion and some terrific acting that usually are sufficient to offset the playwright's verbal hammer, which she uses early and often. A strong play by the New Jewish Theatre, through March 29.