DEAR ELENA SERGEEVNA
Last Waltz Productions is making their debut at The Old Fitzroy Theatre in April 2025 with their staging of Dear Elena Sergeevna.
Elena Sergeevna is a young school teacher. Unmarried and living alone while her mother is sick in hospital, she plans to spend the evening of her birthday quietly when four of her teenage students suddenly arrive at her door bearing gifts. However, what begins as a joyous and spontaneous celebration soon turns sour as the students' true intentions are revealed. An evening of terror ensues, and Elena Sergeevna, an admirably moral woman, is faced with the consequences of the corrupt system to which she has applied her morality.
Dear Elena Sergeevna, written in 1980s Soviet Russia by Lyudmila Razumovskaya, is a play that questions the hierarchy of one's values and morals; when do you relinquish one value to uphold another? What is the purpose of individual morality if it exists within and serves an indisputably corrupt system? A dynamic play written with gritty urgency and lyrical precision, Dear Elena Sergeevna is unforgiving in its exploration of humanity.
Creatives
Directed by Clara Voda
Designed by Dan Potra
Vocal Coached by Simon Masterson
Cast
Toby Carey, Madeline Li, Teodora Matović, Jack Patten
Season
April 1-11 2025
The Old Fitzroy Theatre
129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo NSW
Tues - Sat 9:15pm
Sunday 7:30 pm