South Coast Repertory is pleased to offer its new play fans the opportunity to experience a live online reading of Vladimir by Erika Sheffer, co-presented by New York City’s The New Group, on Tuesday, June 16, at 4:30 p.m., Pacific Time. This special one-time-only play reading is free. Reservations are required and donations are suggested.

The cast, led by Cynthia Nixon as Raya, includes Noel Allain, Cliff Chamberlain, Layla Khosh, Justin Kirk and Susannah Perkins.

Ticket holders will be able to access the reading through a YouTube link sent out the morning of Tuesday, June 16. The deadline to reserve is Sunday, June 14, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Reserve here

The Story

“Where you are born, this is where you are useful…I speak because I have no choice.” Moscow, 2004. Raya, a Russian journalist—celebrated by some, despised by others—is renowned for her unbending crusade to uncover the truth. Will she risk family, friends and freedom to bring down the most powerful man in the world? He never appears, but the title character is ever-present in this epic suspense drama by one of the nation’s most promising playwrights.

A reading of Vladimir was originally scheduled as part of the 2020 Pacific Playwrights Festival.