By Moira Buffini
A Free Adaptation of The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Scott Zigler
Featuring graduate actors from the A.R.T. Institute class of 2016
In Dying for It, Moira Buffini’s adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s biting Soviet farce, a man contemplating suicide attracts a series of hangers-on who want to profit from his death. Banned by Stalin, this satire about death affirms the things worth living for in desperate times.
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Click here to read “Only a Dead Man,” A.R.T. Institute Co-Head of Dramaturgy Anatoly Smeliansky’s reflections on Erdman’s play.
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Cast
Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov
Daniel Prado
Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov
Daniel Prado
Maria "Masha" Lukianova
Sarah Paton
Maria "Masha" Lukianova
Sarah Paton
Serafima Ilyinichna
Ali Stoner
Serafima Ilyinichna
Ali Stoner
Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin
Wilson Zinnurov
Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin
Wilson Zinnurov
Margarita Ivanovna Peryesvetova
Nastassia Maltsava
Margarita Ivanovna Peryesvetova
Nastassia Maltsava
Yegor Timofeivich
Shaun Wu
Yegor Timofeivich
Shaun Wu
Aristarkh Dominikovich Grand-Skubik
Shawn Nabors
Aristarkh Dominikovich Grand-Skubik
Shawn Nabors
Kleopatra Maximovna “Kiki”
Sharlee Taylor
Kleopatra Maximovna “Kiki”
Sharlee Taylor
Father Yelpidy
Katherine Wright
Father Yelpidy
Katherine Wright
Victor Victorovich
Nathan Lindsey
Victor Victorovich
Nathan Lindsey
Stepan Vasilievich
Liz Livingston
Stepan Vasilievich
Liz Livingston
Oleg Leonidovich
Janice Amaya
Oleg Leonidovich