What People Are Saying About Everyone Has Tears
“EVERYONE HAS TEARS does exactly what great art is supposed to do. It stares unflinchingly at the most difficult human questions and offers hopeful but not over-simplified answers. It is, at once, both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Cynthia Sophiea is a skilled, courageous, intelligent writer and a gifted, vulnerable, accessible, funny and polished performer. In other words, she is a storyteller in the highest classical tradition of storytelling. This is an evening of theatre that lingers in the heart and mind long after the house lights rise.”
-- Chuck Brown, Director, THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME
“EVERYONE HAS TEARS is the truest, funniest, saddest, most hopeful play about what it has meant to be an Arab in America. Sophiea’s writing is pitch perfect -- her acting is astonishing. The play rips your heart but stays around to heal it too.”
-- Paula Hajar, Arab-American activist, author, and researcher
“This uncompromisingly honest work had me squirming in my seat from nearly the first words. It took me all the way from despair to rage, to hilarity, to jubilation. She says daring, courageous things that need to be spoken aloud, because to the extent that they are left unsaid they don’t allow us to forgive and to heal.”
-- Jack Eppler, Voice Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
“...Seeing that much humor and love amidst such pain and outrage put me in touch with my own humanity....Cynthia is a first-rate writer and a first-rate performer with a huge emotional range, and her show is deeply enjoyable.”
-- David Brunetti, Author of “Acting Songs,” Vocal Coach
"...truly a refreshing work of courage and raw emotion that uncovers the tension and redemption in each of her characters. Perfectly crafted moments illustrate the wide range of diaspora experiences yet speak to universal truths each person can relate to. I was greatly moved by the performance and always entertained. It was a joy to witness.”
-- Suha Araj, Screenwriter/Director, “KHSARA”