The Dragon (Political Satire by Evgeny Schwartz)

Name: The Dragon (Political Satire by Evgeny Schwartz)
Start: 2025-11-13T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-21T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Theater 86

: Beginning Nov. 13, Thursdays, 8 – 10:30 pm, through Dec. 18; Thursdays and Fridays, 8 – 10:30 pm, through Dec. 19; Thursdays – Saturdays, 7 – 9:30 pm, through Dec. 20; Thursdays and Sundays, 3 – 5:30 pm, through Dec. 21;

: $45

Written in 1943 and swiftly banned in the Soviet Union, Evgeny Schwartz’s The Dragon is a razor-sharp political satire that feels eerily relevant today. When a wandering knight arrives in a town ruled by a three-headed dragon, he discovers that the real battle is not with the beast, but with the people themselves—too accustomed to oppression to let it go.

Directed by Aleksey Burago, this bold new production by Theater 86 blends dark humor, fairy-tale imagery, and biting social commentary to explore authoritarian power, censorship, and the fragility of human rights. Both timely and timeless, The Dragon challenges us to ask: what happens when a society resists its own liberation?

Dates: Nov. 13 – Dec. 21, 2025
Venue: Theater 86 at Pushkin Hall (165 W. 86th St., Upper West Side)