Baltimore Theatre Project

1:18 (One Hour Eighteen)

by Elena Gremina

The Center for International Theatre Develoment

Wed February 22 - Sun February 26

In January 2009, Sergei Magnitsky, a young Russian tax lawyer was arrested and imprisoned without trial on charges of tax fraud - Eleven months later, he was dead.

1:18 tells the true story of a senseless tragedy, a series of small steps taken by ordinary people in a corrupt, crumbling justice system.

In 2011, New York Times journalist Ellen Barry won a Pulitzer Prize for her detailed coverage of this case, which exposed the flagrant violations of human rights that continue on in Russia.

1:18 uses court transcripts, interviews, Magnitsky's own letters from prison, and fictional accounts that piece together what might have happened.

"It’s about normal people taking small steps that somehow lead to somebody dying. Each one of us can become the vessel for something really horrible." -- 1:18 director Yury Urnov

1:18 by Elena Gremina

Translated by Yury Urnov and Stephen Nunns

Directed by Yury Urnov

Performed by: Temple Crocker, Shannon McPhee, Stephen Nunns, and Yury Urnov

Post-show discussion panel following each performance: