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Steven Boyer, Zach Grenier, Peter Maloney, et al. Set for Vern Thiessen’s Lenin’s Embalmers

Zach Grenier
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Zach Grenier
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Steven Boyer, Zach Grenier, Richmond Hoxie, Polly Lee, Peter Maloney, James Murtaugh, Scott Sowers, and Michael Louis Wells will perform in Vern Thiessen’s Lenin’s Embalmers, to run March 3 -21 at Ensemble Studio Theatre. William Carden will direct the production.

Based on Ilya Zbarsky and Samuel Hutchinson’s book of the same name, the play tells the story of Boris Zbarsky and Vladimir Vorobiov, the two scientists who were chosen by The Committee for Immortalization to embalm Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924.

The creative team will include Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams (scenic design), Chris Dallos (lighting design), Shane Rettig (sound design), and Suzanne Chesney (costume design).

For further information, visit: www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.