Lenin’s Embalmers / By Vern Thiessen

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Thiessen, Vern, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern Theater.

Local Subjects:

Modern Theater.

Genre:

Spoken word recording

Stage + Screen:Comedy

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : L.A. Theatre Works, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

digital

optical

stereo

audio file

Summary:

After Vladimir Lenin's death, Stalin orders two Jewish scientists to preserve Lenin's body for all time. If they succeed, the rewards will be considerable. If not, it's the gulag – or worse. Based on real events, Vern Thiessen's nimble dark comedy exposes the absurdities of Soviet life under Stalin. Lenin's Embalmers is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018. Director: Martin Jarvis Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg JD Cullum as Vlad Simon Helberg as Boris Gregory Harrison as Lenin Jon Matthews as Krasin Rufus Sewell as Stalin John Sloan as Agent 2 Mark Jude Sullivan as Agent 1 Jocelyn Towne as Nadia Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson. Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 29, 2022).

Streaming audio files.

Recorded West Hollywood, California 2018.