"Cottonwood Fluff": A Staged Reading with Stand-up Elements

Ivan Vyrypaev and Tatyana Lazareva present a touching story about Jewish emigration in the 90s.

What do we take with us when we leave a country? Suitcases – obviously. But also intonations, habits, a way of life, and secrets from the past that are in no hurry to leave us.

This is a touching and tragicomic story about people who went far away but stayed in the same place. About a move that doesn't always mean change. About memory, guilt, love – and how difficult it is to change not your address, but yourself.

"You can expect not only a reading, but also an open discussion about our shared past, a frightening present, an elusive identity, and the hope for forgiveness. It will be both funny and sad – with a light touch of nostalgia."