All proceeds from the event will benefit United Help Ukraine, a 501(c)(3) that provides humanitarian aid to those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Synetic Supports Ukraine will open with Prayer for Peace, a short concert of contemporary sacred vocal works by the artists of Lyrica Classic, a collective of Russian and American musicians.

Following a brief intermission, Synetic Theater will present its current production of The Servant of Two Masters.

Editor’s note: The April 29 benefit event is a new, added performance of Synetic Theater’s current production of  The Servant to Two Masters, running April 6 through April 24.

As refugees of post-Soviet-era aggression themselves, Synetic Theater founders Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili initiated and organized Synetic Supports Ukraine. The couple, along with their then-toddler son, fled Georgia and political persecution 1994 during the fallout of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Both are products of Soviet-era upbringings and still have family ties in Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. Read the Tsikurishvili family’s story here.