A Mariupol theater troupe is back on stage with a homegrown Ukrainian play
Displaced when Russia bombed their historic building, a Mariupol theater troupe has reconstituted what's left of the group and is putting on a play by a famous Ukrainian playwright.
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — On the darkened stage of a borrowed theater in the far west of Ukraine, Vira Lebedynska is rehearsing a difficult scene about losing a son.
Though she doesn't speak a single word, the spotlight shines on her face as her character struggles with grief and memories.
"This scene really hits my heart," says Lebedynska, 64, a classically trained singer and actress with Greta Garbo eyes and a sonorous voice. "And it's about the story inside this scene."
The play, called , is about Vasyl Stus, the Ukrainian poet and writer who
