‘Red Emma and the Mad Monk’ at The Tank

Red Emma & The Mad Monk featuring Drita Kabashi as Rasputin, Photo by JJ Darling

Pre-teen Addison (Maybe Burke) likes history.  Specifically, the last Romanovs and their spiritual adviser Gregory "The Mad Monk" Rasputin (Drita Kabashi).  Out of loneliness and passion for a subject most of her peers will most likely never share even if they register Republican, Rasputin is a constant, real, and very funny friend.   Their fantastical relationship with each other and Russian-American activist Emma Goldman (Imani Pearl Williams) is the basis for Alexis Roblan's Red Emma and The Mad Monk.  The entertaining historical musical comedy-fantasy is now at The Tank following its 2017 world premiere at Ars Nova's ANT Fest. Red Emma and The Mad

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