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...Myra B. Ramos, who graduated from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in 1959 and who was a participant in the “Experiment” program, found that being in the USSR during an international crisis—the landing of U.S. Marines in Lebanon—did not stop Soviet citizens from being friendly to her and other Americans...
...this play, directed by Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08 and produced by James Smith ’10, twin sisters Myra and Myrna (both played by Emily B. Hecht ’11) are largely stereotypes of their respective political positions. The production only gains momentum when the characters are allowed to break free of these labels...
...Mineola Twins” consists of six scenes, one depicting each twin in three different Presidential administrations (Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush) as well as scattered dream sequences. The twins, Myra and Myrna, are polar opposites: Myra is the rebellious one, tending toward promiscuity, drugs, and radicalism, while Myrna prefers conformity and housewifery. They violently hate each other, but have a strong connection: not only are they played by the same actress, they also tend to share dreams and hear each others’ voices at moments of crisis...
...really prescient if it was written decades later—the play, and Steinemann’s directing, is much more focused on the characters, and the show is stronger for it. Myrna reveals a bit of a psychotically vicious streak that makes her far more entertaining, while Myra robs a bank and attempts to flee to Canada. Both plotlines allow Hecht to shine as she teeters on the edge of mania, while Kroop, as Myrna’s son Kenny, has the largely thankless task of being quietly nonplussed by the former and impressed by the latter...
...mostly continues through the scenes of “The Mineola Twins” set during the Bush administration (presumably the first; the play was written in the 1990s). In these sections, the twins exchange roles; Myrna is now the political one as a conservative talk radio host while Myra lives a peaceful domestic life...