This play deconstructs a pivotal moment in the relationship between a mother and daughter. Winston MacBride is an addiction counselor. Her 16 year old daughter Sasha is obsessed with meeting Yuri, her Russian birth father, at the same time she’s experiencing a sexual awakening. When Winston leaves to pursue her own ambitions (after Yuri has refused to meet Sasha), the lines between life and death, lover and father, begin to blur for Sasha--precipitating a crisis that changes their relationship for good.
Cast:
WINSTON MacBRIDE: An ex-addict and an addiction counselor—
In her early forties
ISAAC MARGOLIN : Director of the Counseling Program at
St. Ann’s Institute—a divorcee in his late fifties
SASHA MacBRIDE: WINSTON’s 16 year-old daughter
YURI NAHOROSHOV: a brilliant, moody painter—in his late 40’s
ANATOLY ROSHEVSKY: A struggling painter in his mid forties
NOTE: The same actor that plays Yuri also plays Anatoly. They both have Russian accents.
