Mercedes and Zaruhi is a play told by Zaruhi, the younger of two sisters brought up in Greece with the love of their homeland in their hearts and the possible return home constantly on their minds. Based on true events, the play represents an important page in Soviet History that is rarely discussed. It is a monodrama about the repatriations to the Soviet Union in the late 1940s during Stalin’s reign, and is told through the correspondence between the two sisters.

“...I loved the performance. [Nora Armani] tells a great story--suspenseful, warm, human and funny, with great characters, and [her] depiction of the slowly aging protagonist was deeply moving; especially the final scene. A memorable evening in the theatre.” 

Marvin Carlson
Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Performance at City University of New York.