Even The Wise Can Err
Yegor Glumov is an ambitious young social climber in 19th century Russia. He is determined to reach the top by deceit, manipulation, seduction, in fact by any means necessary.
Roles For This Project
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Theatre
Yegor Kurchayev
$40/performance
Man
Los Angeles
23 - 32
Non Union
Theatre
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
Kurchayev is Hussar. Tall and good-looking. Has a military, stiff bearing, clicks heels a lot, except when he tells a joke or laugh heartily. He is a goodnatured fellow. The fact that he doesn't take offense may seem to some that he is a simpleton. He isn't.
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Theatre
Matriosha
$40/performance
Woman
Los Angeles
28 - 60
Non Union
Theatre
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A hanger-on. Any appearance or shape. A woman, who is taking advantage of a generous wealthy widow, lives in her estate and yet, can be bribed to do the bidding of an outsider, and to the detriment of her patron. Improvization skills required.
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Theatre
Neels Fedoseyich Mamaev
$40/performance
Man
Los Angeles
45 - 60
Non Union
Theatre
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A Rich man, and the most boring person in Moscow. He thinks he is the wisest of all men. He lectures everyone. He lectures illiterate peasants on Metaphysics.
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Theatre
Maniefa
$40/performance
Woman
Los Angeles
35 - 65
Non Union
Theatre
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
Maniefa, supposedly a pious clairvoyant, in fact is a drunken charlatan, who spouts holy-sounding nonsense, but the future she sees always benefits the one who bought her a good bottle of vodka.
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Theatre
Count Krutitsky
$40/performance
Man
Los Angeles
48 - 65
Non Union
Theatre
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A Russian count. A large man, an ultra-conservative member of the aristocracy, who, perhaps like most ultra-conservatives, has a roving eye for the females. In mitigation, he tries seducing them with poetry.
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
Kurchayev is Hussar. Tall and good-looking. Has a military, stiff bearing, clicks heels a lot, except when he tells a joke or laugh heartily. He is a goodnatured fellow. The fact that he doesn't take offense may seem to some that he is a simpleton. He isn't.
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Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A hanger-on. Any appearance or shape. A woman, who is taking advantage of a generous wealthy widow, lives in her estate and yet, can be bribed to do the bidding of an outsider, and to the detriment of her patron. Improvization skills required.
-
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A Rich man, and the most boring person in Moscow. He thinks he is the wisest of all men. He lectures everyone. He lectures illiterate peasants on Metaphysics.
-
Submissions Due: 05/13/2026
A Russian count. A large man, an ultra-conservative member of the aristocracy, who, perhaps like most ultra-conservatives, has a roving eye for the females. In mitigation, he tries seducing them with poetry.