Voices Across Borders
Stories Beyond Time
Stories Beyond Time
New York–based production company working between Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. Founded by Roman Freud and Eduard Tolokonnikov, FiveEvening Theater develops a repertoire of bold, actor-driven work rooted in European theatrical tradition and shaped by contemporary precision.
We create theater that is intimate, rigorous, and emotionally exacting—work that resists superficiality and demands presence from both artist and audience. Our productions are built on language, performance, and the belief that theater remains one of the most immediate forms of human exchange.
Five Evenings Theater creates rigorous, actor-driven productions that unite European theatrical tradition with contemporary American practice. We are committed to developing text-centered work that is intellectually precise, emotionally immediate, and grounded in the power of live performance.
Through a sustainable repertoire model, we aim to build a body of work that challenges artists, engages audiences, and affirms theater as an essential human exchange.
We believe theater must remain urgent, human, and uncompromising.
We believe theater must remain urgent, human, and uncompromising.
OUR MISSION
Five Evenings Theater is committed to:
Producing high-caliber, text-driven performances,
Bridging European and American theatrical languages.
Building a sustainable repertoire model in New York
Creating work that is intellectually rigorous and emotionally immediate.
Producing high-caliber, text-driven performances,
Bridging European and American theatrical languages.
Building a sustainable repertoire model in New York
Creating work that is intellectually rigorous and emotionally immediate.
Rock-n-Roll at Sunset is a two-character play exploring late-in-life connection, memory, and the possibility of renewal. Set in a dance studio, the story unfolds through dialogue and movement as two strangers navigate loneliness, pride, and unexpected intimacy.
Buy Tickets Rock-n-Roll at Sunset is a two-character play exploring late-in-life connection, memory, and the possibility of renewal. Set in a dance studio, the story unfolds through dialogue and movement as two strangers navigate loneliness, pride, and unexpected intimacy.
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Past Production
Beneath the Ice of the Vistula
By Roman Freud
Directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov
Cast & Gallery
Beneath the Ice of the Vistula
By Roman Freud
Directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov
Cast & Gallery
Forbidden Love Defies a World Coming Apart
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Beneath the Ice of the Vistula
By Roman Freud
Directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov
Cast & Gallery
Beneath the Ice of the Vistula
By Roman Freud
Directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov
Cast & Gallery
Forbidden Love Defies a World Coming Apart
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Cast
- Cady McClain — Lidia (Lydia Mazurik)
- Roman Freud — Adam Kobylanski (alternate)
- Lev Grzhonko — Adam Kobylanski (alternate)
- Brad Fryman — Composers / Spirits
Stories of two generations.
Love, Loss, and Resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.
Learn MoreLove, Loss, and Resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.
Stories of two generations.
Love, Loss, and Resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.
Learn MoreLove, Loss, and Resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.
Cast
- Snezhana Chernova — Tamara
- Lana Shypitsyna — Tamara (alternate cast)
- Roman Freud — Ilyin
- Inna Yesilevskaya — Zoya
- Yelena Shmulenson — Zoya (alternate cast)
- Ekaterina Cherepanova — Katya
- Aleksei Furmanov — Slava
- Dima Koan — Timofeev
Future Production
Nectanebo
By Roman Freud
Nectanebo
By Roman Freud
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Future Production
Nectanebo
By Roman Freud
Nectanebo
By Roman Freud
Keep Tuned
Richard III — by William Shakespeare
Toybele — by Roman Freud
(based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Toybele and Her Demon)
(based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Toybele and Her Demon)
Butterflies and Fish — by Roman Freud
(inspired by Mikhail Vrubel)
(inspired by Mikhail Vrubel)
Roman Freud is a New York–based actor, playwright, producer, and co-founder of Five Evenings Theater. A graduate of the Shchukin Theater Institute in Moscow, he has performed for over 17 years in New York across more than 30 productions.
His plays include Asteroid B-612, Aleksey Aleksandrovich, Singing Windmills, and Beneath the Ice of the Vistula. His work explores psychologically driven narratives, multilingual performance, and the tensions of identity under pressure.
His plays include Asteroid B-612, Aleksey Aleksandrovich, Singing Windmills, and Beneath the Ice of the Vistula. His work explores psychologically driven narratives, multilingual performance, and the tensions of identity under pressure.
Roman Freud — Co-Founder / Artistic Director
Eduard Tolokonnikov is a director and producer working across Russian and American theatrical traditions. As co-founder of Five Evenings Theater, he has directed Five Evenings and Beneath the Ice of the Vistula.
His directing approach emphasizes ensemble precision, clarity of text, and a restrained yet powerful visual language grounded in classical technique and contemporary sensibility.
His directing approach emphasizes ensemble precision, clarity of text, and a restrained yet powerful visual language grounded in classical technique and contemporary sensibility.
Eduard Tolokonnikov — Co-Founder / Director
Marina Philidor is a New York–based producer overseeing development, operations, and execution of Five Evenings Theater productions.
Her work provides the structural and strategic foundation for the company’s projects, with a focus on production management, audience development, and long-term growth within New York’s independent theater landscape.
Her work provides the structural and strategic foundation for the company’s projects, with a focus on production management, audience development, and long-term growth within New York’s independent theater landscape.
Marina Philidor — Producer
Isaac Koyfman is a head dramaturg at Five Evenings Theater and a Brooklyn-based theater devotee of nearly forty years, with performances seen across the globe.
Over the past decade, he has contributed in dramaturgical, consulting, and translation capacities to productions at Bedlam, Five Evenings Theater, KrymovLab NYC, and La MaMa ETC.
His most recent work is a Russian-language adaptation of Richard III for Five Evenings Theater.
Over the past decade, he has contributed in dramaturgical, consulting, and translation capacities to productions at Bedlam, Five Evenings Theater, KrymovLab NYC, and La MaMa ETC.
His most recent work is a Russian-language adaptation of Richard III for Five Evenings Theater.
Isaac Koyfman – Head Dramaturg
FIVE EVENINGS THEATER
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