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Anastasia Krupnik is opinionated, sassy and funny. Really funny. This 10-year-old has an offbeat take on life that is both amusing and refreshing. And what makes Anastasia entertaining is how she keeps the audience privy to all the angst a 10-year-old can mustereand it’s plenty. Anastasia keeps a list of the things she lovesethe little pink wart on her fingereand the things she hateseher teacherein her zealously guarded green notebook. At one point she is ridiculed by her teacher because her poetry assignment doesn’t rhyme [she gets an F]e When her dad reads the poem he exclaims: ‘This is an Fefor fabulous!’ Anastasia turns to the audience, grinning from ear to ear, and announces with pride, ‘The year I was 10, I wrote a fabulous poem.'(The Daily News) When her parents tell her they are expecting a babyea boy at thateAnastasia considers leaving her family and becoming a Catholic like her best friend, Jennifer. She’ll get to wear a wedding dressethey make them small for Catholicseand pick a new nameeAnastasia Perpetua Krupnick. Of course the picture starts to get a little less rosy when she learns about confession. Welcome to the wonderful world of the irrepressible Anastasia Krupnik! Flexible, single set. Approximate running time: 1 hour.