Orphans for the Czar (2022)
Produced by
Playwright: George F. Walker
Director: Tanja Jacobs
Venue
Streetcar Crowsnest – The Guloien Theatre
Run
March 29th, 2022 – April 17th, 2022
Synopsis
ORPHANS FOR THE CZAR, George F. Walker’s newest high-stakes comedy, ruefully exposes the duplicity, revenge, and self-interest at the core of a culture about to go up in flames. Suggested by the novel The Life of a Useless Man by Maxim Gorky and set shortly before Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, a hapless double agent tries to stay on the right side of both the revolutionaries and the czarists.
Our protagonist, the orphaned fool Vasley, leaves his impoverished village to work in his uncle’s bookstore in the city. He becomes engrossed by the women, the intelligentsia, the spies, and all their conflicting ideologies. A comedy of pathos about the fragility of people in unstable times, ORPHANS FOR THE CZAR is also a plea for the possibility of decency. (crowstheatre.com)
Cast
| Christopher Allen | Yakov |
| Shayla Brown | Rayisha |
| Kyle Gatehouse | Sasha |
| Patrick McManus | Makarov |
| Michelle Mohammed | Olga |
| Eric Peterson | Piotr / Master |
| Paolo Santalucia | Vasley |
| Shauna Thompson | Maya |
Creative Team
| George F. Walker | Playwright |
| Tanja Jacobs | Director |
| Lorenzo Savoini | Set Designer |
| Ming Wong | Costume Designer |
| Logan Cracknell | Lighting Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Siobhan Richardson | Fight Director |
Production
| Kat Chin | Stage Manager |
| Christina Hernandez | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Farnoosh Talebpour | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Laura Delchiaro | Head of Wardrobe |
| Shauna Thompson | Fight Captain |
Staff
| Jay Hines | House Technician |
| Michael Gutowski | Technical Director |
| Shireen Norouzi | Assistant Technical Director |
