Rick Pender, writing for CityBeat
“Nationally respected director Wendy C. Goldberg has assembled a cast of eight young actors to bring Rutka and her friends to vivid life.
Rutka’s optimism shines through to give the musical an unexpected uplift.
Mackenzie and Lloyd-Styles’ energetic and uplifting score with 18 numbers, performed by a six-musician band, supports the full range of emotions portrayed in Rutka’s diary entries. “Someday Soon” records her family’s yearning to escape the horrendous things bearing down on their lives. When their school is closed down, this tight-knit band of teens tries to sustain their educations, even as serious-minded scholar Lolek (Dillon Klena) tries to open their eyes to the awful things closing in on them. When their books are burned, reality takes a stronger hold.
Rutka is a powerful story that blends tragedy and hope, one that needs to be told in today’s world.”
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