Maria Mashkova in the Play 'The Foreigner'

The play 'The Foreigner', based on the novella by Sergei Dovlatov, is an ironic, honest, and at times therapeutic story about emigration and finding one's place in the world. The production blends Maria Mashkova's personal story, her life in Los Angeles, and her attempts to find fulfillment abroad with the fate of the protagonist Marusya Tatarovich. It is a play without a 'fourth wall', where theatre and cinema intertwine to create a modern stage language. The story raises questions about home, identity, and the feeling of being a 'stranger' in a new reality.