"The Writer" - A struggling writer introduces himself and tries to explain his passion for writing.

• Writer played by Dan Roche
  

"The Sneeze" - A clerk fears demotion after sneezing on his boss' head.

• Ivan (clerk) played by Jon Larkin
• Sonya (wife) played by Steph Fowler
• Brassilhov (general) played by Sean Tunstall
• Madame Brassilhov played by 
  

"The Governess" - A governess and her mistress settle their accounts.

• Mistress played by Amanda Mirto
• Julia (governess) played by Celia Dennis
  

"Surgery" - An inexperienced dental assistant attempts his first tooth examination.

• Sexton (patient) played by Joel Thompson
• Kuryatin (dental assistant) player by Dan Roche
  

"Too Late for Happiness" (a musical interlude) - A bittersweet love duet between an elderly couple.

• Widow  played by Lindsay Skorupa
• Widower played by Jon Larkin
  

"The Seduction" - A crafty seducer goes to work on a wedded woman, only to realize that the woman has been in command from the first overture.

• Nikolaich (husband) played by Jon Larkin
• Irena (wife) played by Michelle Jacob
• Peter Semyonych (seducer) played by Dan Roche
  

"The Drowned Woman" - The classic tale of a man who offers to drown himself for three rubles.

• Writer played by Dan Roche
• Drowned Woman played by Celia Dennis
• Policeman played by Jeff Lovell
  

"A Defenseless Creature" - An obnoxious peasant woman storms a bank and upbraids the manager for his gout and lack of money.

• Kistunov (banker) played by Dan Roche
• Potchakin (assistant) played by Jon Larkin
• Woman played by Michelle Jacob
  

"The Arrangement" - A father takes his son to a house where he will be initiated into the mysteries of sex, only to relent at the last moment and leave the boy more perplexed than ever.

• Father played by Dan Roche
• Son played by Joel Thompson
• Prostitute played by Amanda Mirto