THE STORY: Lukesh is a professor who knows exactly how humans operate. He literally teaches the subject. But when the son of a white supremacist asks Lukesh to sponsor his thesis, and more personally, when his wife Natalya ups and leaves for Russia, Lukesh struggles to make sense of everything with his typical black-and-white understanding of the human brain. He is faced with an ultimatum: think about life in a new light, or sink. Jumping back and forth through time, THIS MUCH I KNOW weaves in stories of Svetlana Alliluyeva—Stalin’s daughter—who has become disillusioned with her father’s ideas and considers defecting to the United States. Her story mirrors the story of Lukesh, Natalya, and his student Harold; their parallel journeys explore how a person changes their mind, if we are responsible for things we cannot control, and after it all, if something that was once submerged can still float
“This Much I Know is a three-hander with the oomph of an Oppenheimer…a masterfully built puzzle-drama that pursues an entertaining, emotional and surprisingly energizing inquiry into how and how well we can ever know anything—even about ourselves.” —Washington Post.
“This much I know about Jonathan Spector’s enthralling and exhilarating This Much I Know: It’s a head trip and a half…A visionary script.” —DC Theater Arts.
