Exchange

The dreary aspects of Soviet housing and one familys attempt to exchange its tiny Moscow apartment for a larger one. Adapted from a novella by the respected Russian writer Yuri Trifanov, as translated by playwright Michael Frayn. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Ian Abercrombie as Viktors Father Rosalind Ayres as Lena Sharon Bamber as Aunt Ahenya Joyce Blair as Viktors 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 as Tanya Marian Mercer as Lenas Mother Robin Nordli as Factory Director and Funeral Orator William Palmieri as Snitkin and others John Randolph as Viktors Grandfather Melissa Smigley as Marina, and Girl Next Door Malachi Throne as Lenas Father Translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA in April, 1992. Coauthors: Translated By Michael Frayn