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WOMAN
AROUND TOWN...Sandy Simona is articulate, expansive and voraciously curious. Never still, she vibrates with energy and though her hands move, talks with her whole body. The piece promises to be illuminating and passionate...
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PLAYWRITING
IN THE CITY...Simona created the story of the three Belman sisters using elements oral history, choreography, and Eastern European ensemble physical theater. Accompanied by live, vibrant Gypsy and Klezmer inspired music...
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GIA ON THE MOVE
...Lost in Lvov is a melodic slow burn of biographical remembrances and collective memories of things long awaited and yet o be fulfilled, suddenly exploded and turned wildly upside down and inside out. Imbued with immersive sadness, longing, bliss...
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ZAY GEZUNT FESTIVAL
...After a brief intermission, the stage was reset for the amazingly powerful "Lost in Lvov" that showcased the deeply personal and emotionally evocative biographical storytelling performance by Sandy Simona...
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HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEWS
...I am extremely impressed with the way that Sandy played the multiple characters in this biographical tail about a Russian family going through the struggles of being new immigrants in a seemingly new world...
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DAILY TARGUM
...Two Rutgers graduates perform in world’s largest solo show festival...Courtesy of Csilla Balogh | Sandy Levitan, a Rutgers alumna, performs her one-woman show called “Lost in Lvov” depicting how women reinvent themselves in the US...
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LOS ANGELES BITTER
...With three performances presented in association with Schkapf, Lvov tells the story of a Ukrainian-Jewish family from the former Soviet Union coming to America and building a new life. Simona claims the biggest inspiration for the piece came from her Aunt Anna...
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NORTH JERSEY.COM
...A former resident hopes to one day see her hometown of Fair Lawn highlighted on the Silver Screen as a backdrop to a show she wrote based on her family...
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