Valery Alexeyevich Lugasov

There are two kinds of stories we tell our children.

The First Kind :

Once upon a time, there was a fuzzy little rabbit named Frizzy-Top who went on a Quantum, fun adventure 

only to face a big setback, which he overcame 

through perseverance 

and by being adorable.

This kind of story teaches Empathy.

‘Put yourself in Frizzy-Top's shoes’, 

in other words.

The Other Kind : 

‘Valery Alexeyevich Lugasov, 

if you get too close to That RBMK Reactor, 

you'll be sucked into Ideological Heresy and DROWNED!’

This kind of story teaches them

Fear.

And for the rest of their lives, these two stories compete.

Empathy and Fear.

And so I bring you tonight's play, 

A Work in Five Acts 

About a Fuzzy Little Bunny 

Who got too close to The Core. 

and What Happened Next.

Let us begin.