Lenin's Embalmers

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 gulagamp;mdash;or worse. Based on real events, Vern Theissen¿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. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Starring, in alphabetical order:

• JD Cullum as Vlad;
• Gregory Harrison as Lenin;
• Simon Helberg as Boris;
• Jon Matthews as Krasin;
• Rufus Sewell as Stalin;
• John Sloan as Agent 2;
• Mark Jude Sullivan as Agent 1;
• Jocelyn Towne as Nadia