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Joanna Kakissis

The bombed Mariupol theater troupe is back on stage with a homegrown Ukrainian play

Actors for the Donetsk Regional Drama Theater of Mariupol, on stage during a rehearsal for their play Cry of a Nation at the Uzhhorod municipal theater on July 14. (Laurel Chor for NPR)

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.

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