The Three Sisters
03.12.10
A Thank-You from The Prozorovs
Three Sisters had an entirely sold-out, extended run!
Thank you all who supported our production of Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Red Room, and the extension at the Cherry Pit, both entirely sold-out runs. We feel honored by your generous attention, thoughtful responses, donations, and warmth in these cold times. (Let's have some vodka!) Hopefully you think as we do: with a deep recession, a seemingly broken government, and a world in disarray, there is no more important time to understand the dizzying seduction of IN-action. Thankfully Chekhov did the hard part: penning a masterpiece where distraction reigns, and characters are too fearful to create the world they wish to live in. Stick with us as we embark on our new play, The Weather Underground Project, interrogating our generation's relation to activism and revolution. (Or if we ever had one.)
Your excitement and support have been overwhelming. Here's a little of what the press said. Thanks for making this happen with us.
"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
Your excitement and support have been overwhelming. Here's a little of what the press said. Thanks for making this happen with us.
"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
