The Spencerport STAGE Drama Club will present the musical, Anastasia, Thursday, November 21, through Saturday, November 23, in the SHS Performing Arts Center, 2707 Spencerport Road.
Anastasia begins with Russia on the verge of revolution. When the Dowager Empress sets off for Paris, she gives her beloved granddaughter a music box, having no idea that this goodbye may be her last. Anastasia’s family, the imperial Romanovs, soon fall victim to the tide of history. Receiving news of the execution, the Dowager now believes that she has lost her entire family. Fast forward to the 1920s where St. Petersburg is now firmly under Bolshevik rule, yet the winters are still cold, the people are still hungry, and rumors have begun to surface that one Romanov daughter might have, in fact, survived. Dmitry and Vlad, two opportunistic Russian con artists, cross paths with young Anya, an amnesiac street sweeper. They concoct a plan to pass her off as the lost princess Anastasia, thereby collecting the Dowager’s generous reward for her granddaughter’s safe return. The trio’s activities catch the attention of a rising Communist official, Gleb, who seeks to continue his father’s work of eliminating any possible claim to the throne. He tells Anya – in no uncertain terms – that if she continues to pose as Anastasia, she will end up like the Romanovs.
Show times are November 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. and November 23 and 1 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $13 and may be purchased at https://cur8.com/projects/16631 or at the door.
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