"...director David Lightner subtly orchestrates the exchanges between wily Soviet Andrey (Mike Rogalski) and straight-arrow American policy wonk John (Thad Anzur). A few lines, such as Andrey's observation that "once we only had to be rational in England and Russian--now we have to be rational in Hebrew and Hindi," have a chilling resonance. Through four scenes, each corresponding to a change in season, Rogalski and Anzur ably portray their characters' growing despair, cynicism, and resignation even as increased understanding and respect deepens their personal relationship...Lightner and his cast deserve credit for their intelligent, subdued approach to a script that could easily have produced preening self-consciousness and self-congratulation" - Chicago Reader