Yara Arts Group

a resident company at La MaMa E.T.C.

Celebrates 15 years

with two film premieres, performances of poetry and party

9:00 “A Light From the East,” a film by Amy Grappell about her participation in the first Ukrainian American theatre collaboration, as the Soviet

Union collapses and Ukraine declares independence.

Saturday, September 24, 2005

La MaMa Theatre 74 East 4th St (2nd Ave & Bowery) New York

tickets $20/ artists& students $10 call Yara  (212) 475-6474 or www.brama.com/yara

7:00 “The Whisperer” a 30 minute documentary film by Andrea Odezynska explores her encounter with  a village healer in western Ukraine that changes Andrea’s life.

8:00 Actors perform poetry in Yara’s signature style — interweaving the original Ukrainian verse with translations  and

music from Yara’s theatre pieces directed by Virlana Tkacz.

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