Playwright: John W. Lowell

Director: Mark Jackson

Drama

$28-$32
4/17-6/8

This nimbly executed game of cat-and-mouse is a riveting two-person drama that lays bare a vivid slice of paranoid life under Stalin. Anna, a demur, buttoned-down servant of the state, has no idea why she has been called into the office of her superior. She is wary and tight-lipped, as her job, the systematic practice of censorship and disinformation, has taught her to take nothing at face value. As she tries to figure out the reason for the meeting, details gradually begin to emerge and suspicions are directed towards her. The director seems to have a hidden agenda, or is it Anna who has an agenda of her own?

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