Conversations on Russian Literature Plus Three More Plays

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David Johnston's Conversations on Russian Literature Plus Three More Plays, now playing the Access Theater under the aegis of Blue Coyote Theater Group, includes four works of varying quality. But it's the intelligently written and superbly performed one-act play that gives the evening its name that makes the trip worthwhile. As per its deceptively simple title, the two characters who inhabit that play spend a good deal of time discussing writers such as Chekhov, Turgenyev, and Bulgakov. However, the work ultimately packs the punch of a political thriller while slowly unearthing the wounded humanity of its characters.

Set on a park bench in Russia, the play commences mid-conversation as A[...]