“It's possible that the play suffers from being translated...Or perhaps it's just that the direction...can feel lost at times. While both actresses have good moments, it often feels like their character development is erratic and random...This play is unique, but it feels like it is longing to make a statement that it falls shy of actually achieving. Perhaps if it spent more time developing its characters so that the stakes felt real or if it tried to take on less at once, it would be more effective.”
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"A poignant exploration of life, love, and loss, Emanuele Aldrovandi’s 'Butterflies,' unfolds over the next ninety minutes as a rollercoaster of blunt dialogue mashed with symbolic theatricality, a masterclass in heartbreaking coming of age vignettes...A beautifully written, acted, and directed US premiere, 'Butterflies' will leave you breathless and devastated at the lengths the human heart will go to protect what it loves and thinks is 'right.'"
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