September 2-7, 2025 | Bleviss Laboratory Theatre (FAB 1-63)
A Harvest Truce
by Serhiy Zhadan
Translated by Nina Murray
A dramatization of the Russian invasion of a town in Eastern Ukraine in 2014. Supporting opposing sides, the inhabitants experience the apocalyptic events. As they choose to counter each other or unite, will they find something to live for?
Showtimes:
- Sept. 2 & 3 (previews) | 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 4 (opening) | 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 5 | 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 6 (matinee) | 1:30 p.m.
- Sept. 6 | 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 7 (matinee) | 3 p.m.
Directed by:
MFA Directing Candidate Stanislav Tsybrukh
Stage managed by:
Gina Moe*
With:
Trevor Talbott, Graham Mothersill*, Davina Stewart*, Yana Orchyshko, Alexandra Cook, Gabriel Balestri, Cayley McConaghy, and Reyna Álvarez
Designed by:
Stephanie Bahniuk (Scenic, Prop and Costume), Amanda Yim (Lighting), Nicholas Juba (Sound)
Fight direction by:
Morgan Yamada
Content Advisory & Runtime
Please be advised that this production of A Harvest Truce contains coarse language, violence, mature themes, loud sounds (including gunshots and explosions), prop weapons and depictions of tobacco use on stage, dim lights and haze.
Act 1: 2 hours | Intermission: 15 minutes | Act 2: 40 minutes
Opening Night Pre-show Reception:
Join us for a special Opening Night Pre-Show Reception and Artist Talk with translator Nina Murray.
Thursday, September 4 | 5-7 p.m.
- Lobby, Timms Centre for the Arts
- Doors at 5 | Talk at 5:30
- Light fare | Free admission to attend the reception and artist talk.
View the Playbill
Access exclusive online content at Dramaturgy: Dig Deeper
Visit uab.ca/digdeeper and Dig Deeper into the world of A Harvest Truce with specially curated exclusive online content, including:
- Biography | Playwright Serhiy Zhadan
- Interview | Melanie Dreyer-Lude in conversation with displaced Ukrainian theatre artist and PhD student Lyudmyla Honcharova
- Timeline | The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
- Interview | Professor Melanie Dreyer-Lude in conversation with Scenic/Prop & Costume Designer Stephanie Bahniuk
- Director's Note | MFA Directing candidate Stanislav Tsybrukh
* The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy (DOT).
Serhiy Zhadan’s "A Harvest Truce" is performed under license from the President and Fellows of Harvard College, acting through the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, .