My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion

Staged Reading | In English | Doors open 7:30pm

Tickets start at 9€

At the door 14€

This event is part of a two-part series of staged readings of plays by Sasha Denisova.

Written by Sasha Denisova

Translated by Micha Kachman

Adapted by Kellie Mecleary

Directed by Beata Pilch

At the beginning of the war, Sasha’s mother, 81-year-old Olha Ivanivna, refused to leave Kyiv. She said that her mother and grandmother had survived two wars without ever leaving their home in Solominka, that her kitchen was her fortress, and that if Zelensky was staying, so would she.

In the author’s imagination, Mama becomes the Commander-in-Chief: she negotiates with world leaders, demands tanks from Scholz and Macron, fighter jets from Biden, flies to bomb the Kremlin, kills Putin with a jar of pickles, and finally reaches God Himself to demand that He save Ukraine.

This tragicomedy is based on the real letters the author’s mother wrote during the war. Mama speaks like a Woody Allen character — blending the domestic and the divine. She fries cutlets while watching rockets burn outside her window. It’s a heartbreakingly funny play about resilience, absurdity, and love stronger than fear.

The production, staged at Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and Wilma Theater (Philadelphia), received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of 2024.

Sasha Denisova was named a world-class figure by The Washington Post, and the play is published in American Theatre Magazine.

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