International Theatre Database
International Theatre Database
Lauren Yee’s Mother Russia is a masterful addition to her 'unintentional trilogy' on the collision of Western culture and 20th-century communism. Joining Cambodian Rock Band and The Great Leap, this work finds its humor in the absurd disorientation of 1992 St. Petersburg. Behind the laugh-out-loud moments—like two friends sharing a religious experience over their first McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish—Yee asks biting questions about identity, the 'tangy' taste of capitalism, and the cyclical nature of Russian history.
2026.02.04 ~ In repertoire
St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives riotously intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way. Lauren Yee’s (CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, THE GREAT LEAP) savvy, off-kilter tale of identity, espionage, and the cost of capitalism makes its New York premiere in this razor-sharp dark comedy.
Signature Theatre
New York
United States
New York
,United States
