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10-24-2006
Russian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling Life
In Soviet Gulag
Lori Wright
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Russian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling Life In
Soviet Gulag
'The Roads We Did Not Choose' Featured Nov. 1 At UNH
Contact:  Lori Wright 
603-862-0574
UNH Media Relations
October 24, 2006
DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire welcomes two Russian actresses who will
perform their one-act play, “The Roads We Did Not Choose,” as part of their effort to
memorialize the victims of Soviet terror.
The play will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, in UNH’s Hennessy Theatre. It is
free and open to the public. The performance is funded by the Class of 1954 Academic
Enrichment Fund and the UNH Center for the Humanities, and jointly sponsored by the History
Department and the Theater and Dance Department.
In their first trip to the United States, actresses Elena Tokmakova-Gorbushina and Olga
Neparkhareva tell the story of women who were imprisoned in the Soviet GULAG. The
performance includes letters, diaries, memoirs, poetry and songs written by GULAG inmates
who range from persecuted Christians to saucy young women, and includes many mothers
separated from their children. Featured women include such famous memoirists as Evgenia
Ginzburg and
Olga Adamova-Sliozberg, the poets Anna Barkova and Svetlana Shilova,
and the writer Ariadne Efron.
While at UNH, Nepakhareva and Tokmakova-Gorbushina will meet with students in the
Russian program, History Department, and Theater and Dance Department to discuss their
work and lives as women in contemporary Moscow.
“These women have developed this work and perform it for free throughout Russia as an act
of memorializing the victims of Soviet terror. I deeply admire them. Their goal is to keep the
memory of these women and their writings alive” says Cathy Frierson, professor of Russian
history at UNH.
Attendees will be provided a full translation of the script in English, as the play is performed in
Russian.


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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices10-24-2006Russian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling LifeIn Soviet GulagLori WrightFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationWright, Lori, "Russian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling Life In Soviet Gulag" (2006). UNH Today. 1120.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/11209/18/17, 1(56 PMRussian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling Life In Soviet GulagPage 1 of 1http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2006/october/lw24gulag.cfm@type=n.html Russian Actresses To Perform Play Chronicling Life InSoviet Gulag'The Roads We Did Not Choose' Featured Nov. 1 At UNHContact:  Lori Wright 603-862-0574UNH Media RelationsOctober 24, 2006DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire welcomes two Russian actresses who willperform their one-act play, “The Roads We Did Not Choose,” as part of their effort tomemorialize the victims of Soviet terror.The play will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, in UNH’s Hennessy Theatre. It isfree and open to the public. The performance is funded by the Class of 1954 AcademicEnrichment Fund and the UNH Center for the Humanities, and jointly sponsored by the HistoryDepartment and the Theater and Dance Department.In their first trip to the United States, actresses Elena Tokmakova-Gorbushina and OlgaNeparkhareva tell the story of women who were imprisoned in the Soviet GULAG. Theperformance includes letters, diaries, memoirs, poetry and songs written by GULAG inmateswho range from persecuted Christians to saucy young women, and includes many mothersseparated from their children. Featured women include such famous memoirists as EvgeniaGinzburg andOlga Adamova-Sliozberg, the poets Anna Barkova and Svetlana Shilova,and the writer Ariadne Efron.While at UNH, Nepakhareva and Tokmakova-Gorbushina will meet with students in theRussian program, History Department, and Theater and Dance Department to discuss theirwork and lives as women in contemporary Moscow.“These women have developed this work and perform it for free throughout Russia as an actof memorializing the victims of Soviet terror. I deeply admire them. Their goal is to keep thememory of these women and their writings alive” says Cathy Frierson, professor of Russianhistory at UNH.Attendees will be provided a full translation of the script in English, as the play is performed inRussian.

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