"Certainly the Holocaust is not a unique theatrical theme. Numerous playwrights have dealt with the subject and have succeeded in varying degrees. New York City has had more than its share of such productions. What is unique this time around is the delicacy and beauty with which the material is handled."
"Beauty is a strange term to apply to this subject, but playwrights SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas (a husband-and-wife team) have indeed created a work of art. Gabor Barabas' poetry soars and dips as the painful images mount. One is moved in equal measure by the aesthetics and the pathos. Never over-sentimentalized, the facts of the story speak for themselves, moving between past and present, reality and dreams."

FIND ME A VOICE

Reviewed by
IRENE BACKALENICK
(Back Stage)

"Unique, also, is the particular hook used by the Barabases. A young writer, a descendant of Holocaust victims, is paralyzed by the all-too-familiar writer's block. But his paralysis stems from a particular source--in fact, from his own history. He is haunted by images of his grandfather and other Holocaust victims. He can find no words to shape this story, but can write of nothing else."
"SuzAnne Barabas, who also directs the piece, has carefully chosen her cast. Marian Akana, Christopher Casoria, Elisha Joy Gordon, Dorothy Kerr, and Harlan Tuckman move effectively through a myriad of roles, bringing the drama to life. Working within a limited budget, Barabas uses the simplest of sets and props imaginatively. Discarded luggage, shoes, and spectacles litter the stage front, and a large gilt frame surrounds a mother and child en route to the death camps. The original music of Merek Royce Press, and Ray Cullom's lighting design, serve to enhance the mood.
'Find Me a Voice' proves to be a small, unexpected gem."
"One of the three best Off- and Off-Off-Broadway Plays of 1997" --Back Stage, Dec., 1997

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