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        A local playwright&#039;s loving portrayal of three women in a decades-long friendship.
            by Mark E. Leib
            If you&#039;ve ever wondered about the strange shape life tends to take over many decades, you&#039;ll want to see Lark Eden, Natalie Symons&#039; loving portrayal of three female friends from childhood to old age, currently playing at the New American Theater in St. Pete. What Symons &mdash; a local writer who also acts in the play &mdash; knows is that time is unpredictable, that it gives and takes according to no certain logic, that it fulfills dreams with one hand and dashes hopes with the other, and that in our struggle to see it through, our friendships are essential.&hellip;
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