Beginning in the 1920s, the new Soviet government sought to spread health information and greater awareness of proper hygiene practices via theatrical performances such as the sanitary play and the mock trial. These productions used easily recognized stock characters and straightforward dialogue to educate the masses on such topics as alcohol use, communicable diseases, and women’s sexual and maternal health. This presentation will analyze a mock trial from the 1923-1924 season at the House of Sanitary Enlightenment in Tbilisi, Georgia, entitled “The Trial of a Mother Who Abandoned Her Child.” I will explore how the text merged references to the Russian theatrical tradition, such as allusions to dramas from the Golden Age of Russian literature, with Soviet propaganda in order to educate a modern generation of Communist mothers.