The award-winning Arlekin Players is celebrating its 15th anniversary with growth and recognition. All of the productions from the Needham-based company have a unique take, with a specific message.

"All the plays address displacement, address the idea of two worlds and address connecting with people, connecting with people that are very different from you," Founder Igor Golyak said.

The Russian immigrant knew his personal experience would shape the company's focus.

"How do we live between those two worlds? How do we merge the worlds? Where do we keep the things that we brought with us? And how do we take new things in?" he said. "And all of those questions are part of the conversation at this theater."

"Igor comes at things from an Eastern European sensibility and artistry, and it is

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