The dreary areas of Soviet housing and one family’s attempt to “exchange” its tiny Moscow apartment for a larger one. Adapted from a novella from the respected Russian writer Yuri Trifanov, as translated by playwright Michael Frayn.

An L.A. Theater Works full-cast overall performance featuring:

Ian Abercrombie while Viktor’s Father

Rosalind Ayres as Lena

Sharon Bamber seeing that Aunt Ahenya

Joyce Blair as Viktor’s Mother

Barbara Bosson as Lora

Peter A. Jacobs as Kalugin and Felix

Martin Jarvis as Viktor

Zosukuma Kunene as Alik

Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Natashka

Vonetta McGee seeing that Tanya

Marian Mercer as Lena’s Mother

Robin Nordli as Factory Movie director and Funeral Orator

William Palmieri while Snitkin and others

John Randolph as Viktor’s Grandfather

Melissa Smigley as Marina, and Girl Next Door

Malachi Throne mainly because Lena’s Father

Translated and modified by Michael Frayn. Directed by Robert Robinson. Documented before a live target audience in Santa Monica, CA in Apr, 1992.