Bloody Mary (in Russian)

BLOODY MARY Written and directed by Dmitry Krymov Based on Friedrich Schiller's "Mary Stuart" Cast: First Grandmother / Queen Elizabeth: Israel (Sasha) Demidov Second Grandmother / Mary Stuart: Evgenia Dodina Nanny: Polina Pakhomova Cyclist / Assistant Director: Nikita Goldman Man Pierced by a Rapier: Nikita Oleynikov Granddaughter of the First Grandmother: Ruth Senderovich Grandson of the Second Grandmother: Itai Tarkhanov Diver / Prompter: Boris Repetur Creative Team Set and Costume Design: Kate Erdeni Dramaturgy: Katya Sassonski Music Editing and Sound: Michael Weisburd Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky Assistant Director: Catherine Visitei In the emergency room waiting area, people from different worlds and eras come together. Among them are two actresses preparing to play "Mary Stuart." Gradually their conversations begin to merge with the play itself, and the old story of power, jealousy, and execution unfolds here and now. When everything ends in death, life goes on, and the cycle begins again. "Bloody Mary" by Dmitry Krymov is not an adaptation or an illustration of Schiller's drama. It is a completely new theatrical world built from fragments of a bloody historical plot, from our conscious and unconscious memories of it, and from the realities of today, in which Mary Stuart becomes a starting point for a profound contemporary conversation. Its fictional characters, grotesque and almost circus-like figures, people turned into symbols, gradually take on flesh and blood before our eyes. Masks of crack... Russian title: Спектакль «КРОВАВАЯ МЭРИ» in Boston (Krovavaya Meri)