THE PLAYS:
1. Sasha, Phone Home
(Саша, позвони домой)
Based on a true-life experience, Sasha Phone Home, set in 2022, explores the poignant moment when Sasha’s adoring mother in Moscow realizes that her son, a poet, is not on a training mission, but rather deep in the pangs of war in Ukraine.
2. Our Lady of Zarvanytsia
(Зарваницька Богородиця)
With its origins in another war story, this play, set in 2023, finds Sasha lost in the Ukrainian town of Zarvanytsia, ironically home to both a religious shrine, and a nuclear power plant. Along the way, he encounters mystical sprits, ghosts, and hallucinations. Taking refuge in Our Lady’s shrine, he meets three unique Ukrainian women. When the town comes under attack, Sasha must decide to what actions he must take as he faces his destiny
P1Pippin Productions presents
A Day in
Moscow/
A Night in Ukraine
and a delightful afternoon in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn!
3 new one-act plays by Peter DOC Pantina
Our Summer, 2024 Cast
THE PLAYS:
3. Brighton Beach Memoirs of the Future
(Брайтон-Бич Мемуары будущего)
Memoirs imagines an exciting future for Sasha and his wife Lilia who in 2030, emigrate to the U.S. and attempt to buy an apartment in Brooklyn’s lively Brighton Beach neighborhood. As they immerse themselves in their new life in America, we are able to see the contrasts between new arriving Russian immigrants and older Russian-Americans.