The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union At the Open Fist Theatre Company

LA Weekly Pick of the Week! “. . . directed by Stefan Novinski with a pristine blend of tenderness and humor. The precariousness of memory, a series of ironic coincidences, and phrases occasionally repeated by different characters in contrary situations all establish the wistful, poetical tone — through which Novinski and his perfect cast navigate so brilliantly.” — Steven Leigh Morris

Backstage West Raves! “[Greig] builds this play much like a composer builds a chord, each new note resonating with the note before while adding a new shade of color, until the final effect is a stunningly unified whole. Director Stefan Novinski’s intriguing vision of the play is brought to life here by a uniformly stellar and brilliantly cast ensemble.” — Laura Weinert

curtainup.com: “the message flows under the fluid direction of Stefan Novinski. . . . The ensemble aptly renders portraits of these lonely people, giving them dignity even when they are ridiculous or repugnant.” — Jana J. Monji

Scottish playwright David Greig’s mesmerizing tone poem on the limits of communication traces a web that connects such diverse characters as a Scottish civil servant and his wife, a Norwegian diplomat, a Russian exotic dancer, a French UFO researcher and a pregnant detective, to two cosmonauts orbiting endlessly above them.

Open Fist Theater,
1625 N. La Brea Ave. Hlywd.
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.; thru Nov. 22. (323) 882-6912.

L.A. Weekly Award – Best Production of 2003
L.A. Weekly Award – Best Director, Stefan Novinski
L.A. Weekly Award – Best Production Design
L.A. Weekly Nomination – Ensemble
L.A. Weekly Nomination – Lighting Design. Dan Reed