The Glorious Death of Comrade What’s-His-Name

Oct. 30–Nov. 22

The Depot Theater with Giraffe & Gibbon Theatricals present the World Premiere of THE GLORIOUS DEATH OF COMRADE WHAT’S-HIS-NAME, a new musical farce about fame, revolution, and the absurdity of power. Written by award-winning BMI musical workshop team Simon Gray (Music), Raymond Bokhour (Lyrics), and David Bridel (Book), and directed by John Christian Plummer. Starring Raymond Bokhour, Douglas Goodhart, Christine Bokhour, and Maia Guest.

The story: Semyon, an unemployed dreamer living under Stalin’s brutal rule in the Soviet Union, imagines a better life as a tuba player (despite not knowing how to play) but comes to believe that a spectacular exit from life may be his only ticket to fame and glory. When Aristarch, a revolutionary firebrand with motives less than pure, sees an opportunity in Semyon’s potential demise, he and a band of scheming misfits seize upon it as a way to spark a rebellion and topple the Communist regime.