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Theatre UAF, Fall 1999

The Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov

Directed by Anatoly Antohin

Performance Dates: November 19 -- Dec. 5, 8.15 pm and at 2:00pm

SYNOPSIS (original):

Set in a provincial Russian city, the play focuses on the lives of three sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina, young women of an affluent and educated Russian upper-middle class. Liberated from the need to work, the sisters struggle to construct a life that feels meaningful while surrounded by an array of soldiers, servants, husbands, suitors and lovers, all of whom constitute a distraction from the passage of time and the sisters' dream to return to their beloved Moscow. As in all of Chekhov masterpieces, much of the action in The Three Sisters takes place in between-the-lines, in the silences, gaps and tensions in human discourse that express so much about who we are and what we desire. In this sense, the play remains highly contemporary, and presents young actors with an incredible opportunity to develop their art.

AUDITIONS

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:

4 FEMALES 6 MALES

Characters

• ANDREY SERGEEVICH PROZOROV
• NATASHA NATALYA IVANOVNA, (his fiancée, afterwards his wife)
• PROZOROV'S SISTERS:
  • OLGA
  • MASHA
  • IRINA
• FYODOR ILICH KULYGIN (high-school teacher, husband of MASHA)
• LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALEXANDR IGNATEVICH VERSHININ (battery commander)
• BARON NIKOLAY LVOVITCH TUZENBAKH (Lieutenant)
• SOLYONY VASSILY VASILEVICH SOLYONY (Captain)
• DOCTOR IVAN ROMANOVICH CHEBUTYKIN (Army Doctor)

Time -- Present
Place -- Created World

AUDITIONS;

"3 Sisters" master-file is on reserve in the library.

Sign up for your audition slot!

Bring your monologue, resume and fill out the form, list all your possible time conflicts

General Auditions (Theater): 10 am - 1 pm
Cold Readings: 2 - 5 pm

RECALLS:

The cast will be posted on the Board. All materials will be provided. Cast posting -- Mon. noon

REHEARSALS:

Mondays through Fridays from 7:00-10:00 pm, main stage. See the SDA Board.

Questions? Theatre UAF Office 907-474-7751

PRODUCTION

Production Positions Available: Lighting System Operator, Sound System Operator, Wardrobe/Dressers & Running Crew. See Kade and Tara.

Practicum: Students can earn credits and be involved in production aspects of all productions this semester. See Kade.

Get enrolled in THR 413 PLAYSCRIPT ANALYSIS, if you want to know Chekhov.

Russian Movies

Russian Classical Music

Russian Children Books

Russian History

Russian Art

Russian Politics

Russian Culture

Russian Literature

Russian People

"Chekhov: Take 2" -- "Four Jokes + One Funeral", 1904 Anaton's death (new): last day, last hour. Six years since I directed "The Three Sisters" (why now and why the farces?)
Annensky about Chekhov (in Russian, the summer read), I envy the style -- very personal, almost if he himself wrote the play, as if he knows them, Masha, Olga, Irina... The secondary characters became the heroes, the jerks, the types from the comedies -- and we got the tragedy, Beckett only finished this journey.