Photos: Inside Opening Night of RUSSIAN TROLL FARM at Vineyard Theatre

The show will play a limited run until February 25, 2024.

By: Feb. 12, 2024
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Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy by Obie Award winner Sarah Gancher, directed by Tony Award winner Darko Tresnjak, officially opened at Vineyard Theatre last week. The show will play a limited run until February 25, 2024.

Check out photos from opening night below!
 
The cast features Academy Award nominee Christine Lahti (“Chicago Hope,” “Evil”) as Ljuba, Renata Friedman (Zürich) as Masha, Haskell King (Kingfishers Catch Fire) as Egor, John Lavelle (Selma, The Graduate) as Steve and Hadi Tabbal (The Vagrant Trilogy) as Nikolai.

Steve likes Masha; Masha likes Nikolai; and Egor just wants to win a microwave. It’s another day at the office for the workers of St. Petersburg’s infamous (real-life) Internet Research Agency, whose job is manipulating social media to advance Russia’s agenda at home and abroad. Set in the lead-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, office comedy meets political satire in Sarah Gancher’s (Hundred Days, Richard Rodgers Award) shape-shifting examination of the power, seduction, and danger of a good story. A New York Times Critic’s Pick in its acclaimed online version, the NYC stage premiere is directed by Tony Award® winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder). 

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Russian Troll Farm
Haskell King, John Lavelle, Christine Lahti, Renata Friedman and Hadi Tabbal

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Christine Lahti

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Renata Friedman

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Christine Lahti

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John Lavelle

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Hadi Tabbal

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Haskell King

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John Lavelle and Christine Lahti

Russian Troll Farm
John Lavelle, Christine Lahti and Haskell King

Russian Troll Farm
Renata Friedman, John Lavelle, Christine Lahti and Haskell King

Russian Troll Farm
Renata Friedman, John Lavelle, Christine Lahti, Haskell King and Hadi Tabbal

Russian Troll Farm
John Lavelle, Renata Friedman, Christine Lahti, Playwright Sarah Gancher, Director Darko Tresnjak, Haskell King and Hadi Tabbal

Russian Troll Farm
John Lavelle, Renata Friedman, Christine Lahti, Playwright Sarah Gancher, Director Darko Tresnjak, Haskell King and Hadi Tabbal

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Playwright Sarah Gancher, Christine Lahti and Director Darko Tresnjak

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Director Darko Tresnjak

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Playwright Sarah Gancher

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Renata Friedman and Matthew Rauch

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Playwright Sarah Gancher

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Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director Sarah Stern, Playwright Sarah Gancher and Video/Projection Design Jared Mezzocchi

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Scenic Design Alexander Dodge, Director Darko Tresnjak, Video/Projection Design Jared Mezzocchi and Lighting Design Marcus Doshi

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Scenic Design Alexander Dodge and Director Darko Tresnjak

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Associate Producer Dori Berinstein

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Director Darko Tresnjak, Associate Producer Dori Berinstein and Playwright Sarah Gancher

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Rachel Chavkin and John Lavelle

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Rachel Chavkin and John Lavelle

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Rachel Chavkin, John Lavelle and Playwright Sarah Gancher

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John Lavelle and Renata Friedman

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Renata Friedman and Matthew Rauch

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Richard Schiff, Christine Lahti and Thomas Schlamme

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Judy Kuhn

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Rachel Chavkin, Playwright Sarah Gancher and Anais Mitchell

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Paloma Guzman and Dan Amboyer

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Dan Amboyer

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Matthew Rauch

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Anais Mitchell



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