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THE ELEVATOR OPERATOR is about Eugene Sheiman, who runs a manual elevator in a New York City office building. Trapped in his six-by-six foot cage, we discover that Eugene, a Ukrainian immigrant, was a journalist in Kiev and has published a novel in Russian. Now that he's an American citizen, THE ELEVATOR OPERATOR reveals his big dream.

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