Overview
- The play opened February 23 at Signature Theatre’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre and runs through March 15, with the opening‑night celebration rescheduled to March 3 after a New York City blizzard.
- Set in St. Petersburg in 1992, the story follows Evgeny and Dmitri as they take on a surveillance job involving former pop singer Katya during the chaotic post‑Soviet transition.
- Lauren Yee writes and Teddy Bergman directs, with a four‑person cast led by Steven Boyer, Adam Chanler‑Berat, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and David Turner.
- Reviews praise the humor, performances, and production craft—scenic design by dots, costumes by Sophia Choi, lighting by Stacey Derosier, and sound by Mikhail Fiksel—while several critics describe the tone as uneven.
- David Turner’s narrator, “Mother Russia,” delivers a sweeping history riff that reaches references to Navalny and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the production’s contemporary resonance.