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.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Ian Abercrombie as Viktor's Father

Rosalind Ayres as Lena

Sharon Bamber as Aunt Ahenya

Joyce Blair as Viktor's Mother

Barbara Bosson as Lora

Peter A. Jacobs as Kalugin and Felix

Martin Jarvis as Viktor

Zosukuma Kunene as Alik

Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Natashka

Vonetta McGee as Tanya

Marian Mercer as Lena's Mother

Robin Nordli as Factory Director and Funeral Orator

William Palmieri as Snitkin and others

John Randolph as Viktor's Grandfather

Melissa Smigley as Marina, and Girl Next Door

Malachi Throne as Lena's Father

Translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA in April, 1992.