One of two delightful comedies about love and trading in your old identity. Performed in repertory, alternating nightly, on the same stage with overlapping casts.
1992: The Soviet Union has collapsed and McDonald’s is open. Clueless Evgeny takes a surveillance job with his friend Dmitri to spy on Katya, a former pop star with a mysterious past.Deeply in love, Evgeny decides to defy his gangster father and risk everything to win over Katya.A New York Times Critic’s Pick, Lauren Yee’s (Cambodian Rock Band) off-beat comedy about identity and the cost of capitalism is “as funny as it is smart.”
Recommended for ages 16+
Mother Russia runs Jan. 22-Mar. 20 in repertory with The Importance of Being Earnest.