About the Show

Office comedy meets political satire at Russia's Internet Research Agency for professional trolls.

Steve has feelings for Masha, who is interested in Nikolai. Meanwhile, Egor's just wants to win a microwave. A typical day unfolds at the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, known for manipulating social media to serve Russia's interests. Against the backdrop of the 2016 U.S. election, Sarah Gancher's play blends workplace comedy and political satire, exploring the captivating, dangerous allure of narrative. Applauded in its online release, this New York Times Critic's Pick comes to the stage under the direction of Tony Award® winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder).

Critic Reviews (15)

"...is an entirely different, and in some ways disappointing, experience."
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"...meeting the faces behind the Twitter bots"
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"...is by turns funny, nasty, and both, but it never fully grabs us by the throat."
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"Tresnjak’s...does an excellent job of showing us the reality-irreality fault line."
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"Gancher has little to add to the indictment. The play isn't fake news, but it is old news."
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"This is a rare play that would benefit from being longer."
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"This would-be 'workplace comedy' (per its subtitle) is largely lacking in yuks."
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Sarah Gancher’s "Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy" is seemingly torn from the headlines - if this were the lead-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election which pitted Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. In 2024, it seems rather past its due date. Although it calls itself a comedy, it is not very funny but rather outrageous in its depicting of Russian misinformation intended for the American internet to influence the voters to cast their ballot for Trump rather than Clinton. What Gancher has written cannot make up its mind whether it is a comedy, satire, parody, drama or tragedy or a combination of all the above, which is problematic.
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