The dreary aspects of Soviet housing and one family’s attempt to “exchange” its tiny Moscow apartment for a larger one. Adapted from a novella by the respected Russian writer Yuri Trifanov as translated by playwright Michael Frayn.<br><br>An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:<br>Ian Abercrombie as Viktor’s Father<br>Rosalind Ayres as Lena<br>Sharon Bamber as Aunt Ahenya<br>Joyce Blair as Viktor’s Mother<br>Barbara Bosson as Lora<br>Peter A. Jacobs as Kalugin and Felix<br>Martin Jarvis as Viktor<br>Zosukuma Kunene as Alik<br>Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Natashka<br>Vonetta McGee as Tanya<br>Marian Mercer as Lena’s Mother<br>Robin Nordli as Factory Director and Funeral Orator<br>William Palmieri as Snitkin and others<br>John Randolph as Viktor’s Grandfather<br>Melissa Smigley as Marina and Girl Next Door<br>Malachi Throne as Lena’s Father<br><br>Translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica CA in April 1992.