Waiting in Tobolsk The Children of the Last Tsar by Norman Allen

"A poignantly humane examination of the ill-fated Romanovs who await their destiny as captives far from the reach of the extremists who were clearly after their heads. A kind of Diary of Anne Frank / Little Women hybrid, the play is both highly polished and ultimately moving."

"At its core, Waiting in Tobolsk represents a quest for self, an attempt to understand who one is and how one fits in the world. For these four young women, the search proves especially challenging, as who they thought they were has been forever taken from them."

"Blending a vast historical backdrop with introspective dialogue, Waiting in Tobolsk suggests an intimate view of larger-than-life figures known to us only from textbooks and legend."

"Norman Allen's Waiting in Tobolsk brings a welcome dose of sobriety and historical accuracy to a subject -- the last days of the Romanov family in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution -- whose treatment is too often shrouded in overwrought myth or colored by political agendas."