Describe the Night

In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel reports on a Red Cavalry campaign in Poland. In 1989, a mysterious KGB agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, a plane carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. This darkly comic historical thriller by Rajiv Joseph (Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) traces the stories of seven men and women connected by history, myth, and conspiracies. Winner of the 2018 Obie Award for Best American Play.