by Jarrett Lyons The experience of an emigre is an often misunderstood one. Sophia Romma, was born to an engineer father and a microbiologist mother in Russia. By the time she arrived in New York City in 1979 at the age of six, she was the daughter of parents whose resumes had expanded to gas […]

A TALE OF TRANSIENT DISLOCATED MESHUGGAH SOULS SHATTERING THE NOSTALGIC PRISM OF THEIR PAST. Cabaret Émigré is a tale of the thirst for liberty which unfolds through the epic journey of displaced Eastern European, African, and Latino Émigrés. American, European, and Nigerian history provides the backdrop for this demanding and complex romp through time. Cabaret […]

Sophia Romma’s Cabaret Emigre officially opens off-Broadway on November 3. Directed by Charles Weldon and presented by the Negro Ensemble Company, this unique theatrical event will continue at the the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row through November 18. Cabaret Emigre tells the tale of transient dislocated Meshuggah souls from all walks of life. Their testimonials are told as […]

The Negro Ensemble's "Cabaret Émigré," a stageplay by Sophia Romma, will make its debut on November 2 at 8 pm at the Lion Theater in NYC's theater district. A satirical story about emigrants who have traveled to the U.S. throughout the 1900s, the play spotlights a Russian Jew, African, Latino, German and various other émigrés […]

The human, emigrant condition is examined in "Cabaret Émigré," a new play by Sophia Romma, directed by Charles Weldon, to be presented by the Negro Ensemble Companyfrom November 2 to 18 at the Lion Theater, Theater Row. The play contains ten Lewis Carroll-style testimonials that are told as cabaret acts by a collection of émigrés who are primarily Russian […]

Sophia Romma, talented playwright/screenwriter has graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts (Dramatic Writing Program) at New York University with her M.F.A. Her play, "In the Eyes Of Hope" has been produced at the Jewish Repertory Theater and ran in October of 1998 at La MaMa E.T.C., in New York City. Her critically acclaimed […]

The Negro Ensemble Company presents: "The Mire" (excerpted) and "With Aaron’s Arms Around Me" (excerpted) at the Cherry Lane Theater, directed by Charles Weldon circa Dec, 2010. Misha Gutkin for Voices of America interviews the director, Charles Weldon and the playwright, Sophia Romma.