Moscow, 2005. Lillian, an American college student, falls ill with a mysterious disease. Part of Exquisite Corpse Company's 'This Is a Distraction' festival.
Read more Show lessSee it if You enjoy a play that forces you to puzzle out its meaning from abstract elements that are both funny and disturbing. A real head scratcher
Don't see it if You cannot tolerate a play that keeps you confused and guessing all the way through, even though it is never boring. Read more
See it if You enjoy mysterious, abstract and occasionally inventive Theater
Don't see it if You need to understand where a play is going, don’t like absurdist Theater Read more
See it if You enjoy absurdist art. Are a Kafka fan. Are in the mood for something dark. Enjoy dark fairytales. It's like Vonnegut meets a horror story
Don't see it if You dislike art that is open to interpretation from each individual viewer. Want to be able to sleep well after viewing. It may haunt you. Read more
See it if you want to spend 75 minutes with a young student ill in Russia with the doctors she encounters and her boyfriend all mutating inanely.
Don't see it if you want a linear play or have difficulty with three different accents and foreign phrases, some not spoken toward the audience.
See it if If you like to see good actors do their best with difficult confusing material in a short play.
Don't see it if If you have strong feeling about plays possessing some semblance of a plot.
See it if you're feeling adventurous for some quirky and unconventional theater (it just wasn't for me but you might like it)
Don't see it if you speak Russian and expect correct pronunciation
See it if You don't mind over-the-top quirkiness. Confusing but I couldn't help laughing out loud at times.
Don't see it if You want to know what is going on all the time
See it if If you like experimental theatre or Kafka themes. Metamorphosis into other animals and metaphors for life and death.
Don't see it if You don’t like vague theatre.