Lauren Yee (‘07)’s ‘Mother Russia’ Review in the NY Times

February 26, 2026

In Lauren Yee’s new play, “Mother Russia,” two friends sharing their first-ever Filet-O-Fish experience a rapturous epiphany. When they finally pause from tearing at the sandwich like hungry badgers, it’s only to roll their eyes in ecstasy and lick goopy tartar sauce from their fingers. The friends, played by Steven Boyer (“Kimberly Akimbo”) and Adam Chanler-Berat (“Peter and the Starcatcher”), throw themselves onto that sandwich, a pitiful-looking mess of mush, like people who haven’t eaten in a week.

Read the full review in the New York Times.

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