*Please note that this program will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Polaris room of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, followed at 6:00 p.m. by a one-hour discussion and then a one-hour performance. An R.S.V.P is required to attend this event. To R.S.V.P and request directions and information on the program series, please contact the Kennan Institute at 202-691-4100.

Andrei Malaev-Babel, Producing Artistic Director, Stanislavsky Theater Studio and Director, The Seagull; Sarah Kane, Vice President, Michael Chekhov Association, and Voice Consultant, The Seagull Discussant: Boris Lanine, Head of Literary Studies, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, and Regional Exchange Scholar, Kennan Institute

Frank Sysyn, Senior Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), University of Toronto; and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute; Sergei Zhuk, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute

Louise Shelley, Director, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), American University, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute