Lenin's Embalmers

After Vladimir Lenin's death, Stalin orders two Jewish scientists to preserve Lenin's body for all time. If they succeed, the rewards will be considerable. If not, it's the gulag – or worse. Based on real events, Vern Thiessen's nimble dark comedy exposes the absurdities of Soviet life under Stalin.

Lenin's Embalmers is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.

Director: Martin Jarvis

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

JD Cullum as Vlad

Simon Helberg as Boris

Gregory Harrison as Lenin

Jon Matthews as Krasin

Rufus Sewell as Stalin

John Sloan as Agent 2

Mark Jude Sullivan as Agent 1

Jocelyn Towne as Nadia

Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson 

Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist, Jeff Gardner

Recording Engineer and Editor, Erick Cifuentes