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The End and Back Again, My Friend "A beautifully crafted work that speaks to the loneliness of the traveler
and the sadness of the displaced...performed with grace and lightness of spirit."
—Joan Schirle, Artistic Director, Dell
'Arte International "The best kind of solo performance,
delivered by an artist with exquisite physical and emotional control.
A multi-faceted theatrical journey to heartbreaking, war-torn landscapes.[...]Virtuousic
storytelling."
—Anthony Winkler, Founder and Managing Director of
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In 1997, while living in Belgrade for six months to observe the
work and creative process of Dah Teatar, Kathy Randels traveled
extensively—for the first time on her own—throughout the countries
of former Yugoslavia and the British Isles. Despite her innate desire
for adventure and the fullness of her experiences, Randels found
herself longing intensely for home. The End and Back Again, My
Friend explores that desire and longing which reside—conflicted—within
the human psyche.
A solo performance created in 1998 with composer and fellow ArtSpot
company member Sean LaRocca, The End and Back Again, My
Friend is a collision of texts from Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee
Williams, Homer's Odyssey, a 
