Edward Bauer in Three Sisters
January 20 - 30, 2010
The Three Sisters
co-produced by Horse Trade Theatre Group
The Red Room
On the cusp of a revolution, Chekhov's everyday heroines struggle to find meaning amidst a tempest of fractured memories, distant hopes, and thwarted vitality. The Three Sisters combines live music and visceral performances to create a powerful communal experience in an intimate space. With audience surrounding the action on all sides, the production embraces its own theatrical illusion through the use of live video and by integrating the spectators into the action.
By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Michael Henry Heim
Directed by Jess Chayes
Research Dramaturg Stephen Aubrey
Production Dramaturg Nick Benacerraf
Scenic/Environmental Design Nick Benacerraf and The Assembly
Lighting Design Derek Wright
Video Design Edward Bauer and The Assembly
Costume Design Justine Lacy
Music Brendan McDonough
Props Master Ben Beckley
Stage Manager Katy Moore
Producer Rosalind Grush and Horse Trade Theater Group
Cast Emily Perkins*, Kate Benson*, Kate MacCluggage*, Ben Beckley, Alley Scott*, Levi Morger, Christopher Hurt*, Moti Margolin, Edward Bauer, Cecil Baldwin*, Susan McCallum*, Steve Stout, Brendan McDonough, Peter Feliz*
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Associate
"The Assembly Theater Project is staging an inventive, lively, passionate Sisters… Seated literally in the midst of the action, we feel, at times, like guests at a really good party. Three Sisters invites us in so gently, so courteously, and the production takes our involvement so seriously, that we rush to meet it halfway…the stage, and the production itself, are redefined to include us and the entire theater, and it is magical. We are transformed."
-Show Business Weekly
"[Jess] Chayes' creative direction is...a triumph."
-Theatre is Easy
"...compellingly conveys the cold, harsh reality of the eroding Russian aristocracy through its simplistic use of eclectic antiques and the calculated set shifts enacted by the cast."
-The Examiner
"The presence of video accentuates the theme of distance in proximity cleverly without making an outré statement or feeling like a gimmick. It plays on our video voyeurism... Ms. Chayes has been blessed with a very strong cast, particularly Kate Benson as Masha, whose intensity during the scene when her lover is declaring his final adieu is worth the price of admission. Edward Bauer is strong enough as Solyony to make me feel the same disgust Irina feels for him. Alley Scott as Natasha makes a seamless and believable transition from the Russian version of poor white trash to the Russian version of bourgeois nouveau riche white trash."
-Cultural Capitol
By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Michael Henry Heim
Directed by Jess Chayes
Research Dramaturg Stephen Aubrey
Production Dramaturg Nick Benacerraf
Scenic/Environmental Design Nick Benacerraf and The Assembly
Lighting Design Derek Wright
Video Design Edward Bauer and The Assembly
Costume Design Justine Lacy
Music Brendan McDonough
Props Master Ben Beckley
Stage Manager Katy Moore
Producer Rosalind Grush and Horse Trade Theater Group
Cast Emily Perkins*, Kate Benson*, Kate MacCluggage*, Ben Beckley, Alley Scott*, Levi Morger, Christopher Hurt*, Moti Margolin, Edward Bauer, Cecil Baldwin*, Susan McCallum*, Steve Stout, Brendan McDonough, Peter Feliz*
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Associate
"The Assembly Theater Project is staging an inventive, lively, passionate Sisters… Seated literally in the midst of the action, we feel, at times, like guests at a really good party. Three Sisters invites us in so gently, so courteously, and the production takes our involvement so seriously, that we rush to meet it halfway…the stage, and the production itself, are redefined to include us and the entire theater, and it is magical. We are transformed."
-Show Business Weekly
"[Jess] Chayes' creative direction is...a triumph."
-Theatre is Easy
"...compellingly conveys the cold, harsh reality of the eroding Russian aristocracy through its simplistic use of eclectic antiques and the calculated set shifts enacted by the cast."
-The Examiner
"The presence of video accentuates the theme of distance in proximity cleverly without making an outré statement or feeling like a gimmick. It plays on our video voyeurism... Ms. Chayes has been blessed with a very strong cast, particularly Kate Benson as Masha, whose intensity during the scene when her lover is declaring his final adieu is worth the price of admission. Edward Bauer is strong enough as Solyony to make me feel the same disgust Irina feels for him. Alley Scott as Natasha makes a seamless and believable transition from the Russian version of poor white trash to the Russian version of bourgeois nouveau riche white trash."
-Cultural Capitol
