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CHEKHOV IN YALTA

April 24 - May 25, 2014
written
by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow
directed by Kim Rubenstein
​
Confined in his villa at Yalta by illness, Chekhov receives a visit by the Moscow Art Theatre who have embarked on a provincial tour with the express purpose of persuading Chekhov to give them his latest play. Famous figures Stanislavski, Danchenko, Gorky, Ivan Bunin, and actress Olga Knipper come together in a play crisscrossed with amorous triangles, battles of ego, high spirits, and melancholic languor reminiscent of Chekhov's own work.

CAST
Thomas Vincent Kelly (Anton Chekhov)
Justine Scarpa (Masha Chekhov)
Ann Noble (Fyokla)
Brian Baker (Ivan Bunin)
Mark Montgomery (Maxim Gorky)
Karen Tarjan (Olga Knipper)
Michael Grant (Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko)
Steve Rose (Luzkhi)
F. David Roth (Moskvin)
Catherine O’Connor (Lilina Stanislavski)
John Dunleavy (Konstantin Sergieivich Stanislavski)
REPLACEMENTS
James FitzGerald (Anton Chekhov)
Janet A. Carr (Olga Knipper)
Jack Blakey (Moskvin)
CREW
Stephanie Heller (Stage Manager)
Knute Horwitz (Sound Operator)
Joey Wade (Scenic Design)
Kristine Knanishu (Costume Design)
Angeline Summers (Lighting Design)
Albert Carrasco (Sound Design)
Ann Noble (Props)
Brigitta Victorson (Choreography)
Roz Francis (Graphic Design)
The entire cast offers wonderfully rich, tremendously physical performances. In particular, Thomas Vincent Kelly as Chekhov demonstrates a true gift for comic timing. Equally appealing are Mark L. Montgomery’s roguish, flamboyant Gorky, Justine Scarpa’s overtaxed and underfulfilled Masha Chekhov, and John Dunleavy’s bumbling, self-absorbed Stanislavsky"
​~ CHICAGO READER
There’s a lot to admire in Kim Rubinstein’s lively and nicely sculptured production.  The acting–especially Dunleavy’s scrappy Stanislavsky, Montgomery’s passionate Gorky and Karen Tarjan as actress Olga Knipper–is extremely strong."
~ CHICAGO THEATER BEAT
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