Three Sisters. Anton Chekhov

      

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      Library of Congress Control Numbers:

      2016035395 (print) / 2016036962 (ebook)

      ISBN 978-1-55936-838-4 (ebook)

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      Book design and composition by Lisa Govan

      Cover design by John Gall

      Cover photo by Paul Dance/Getty Images

      First Edition, December 2016

      Contents

Production History

Characters

      ACT ONE

      ACT TWO

      ACT THREE

      ACT FOUR

      About the Author

       PRODUCTION HISTORY

      Three Sisters received its world premiere at Artists Repertory Theatre (Allen Nause, Artistic Director; Jill Baum, Managing Director) on May 8, 2009. The production was directed by Jon Kretzu. The set design was by Jeff Seats, the costume design was by Sarah Gahagan, the lighting design was by Jeff Forbes, and the composition and sound design were by Rodolfo Ortega; the production stage manager was Carol Ann Wohlmut. The cast was:

ANDREY PROZOROV	Todd Van Voris
NATASHA	Marjorie Tatum
OLGA	Andrea Frankle
MASHA	Luisa Sermol
IRINA	Amaya Villazan
KULYGIN	Michael Mendelson
VERSHININ	Patrick Dizney
BARON TUSENBACH	David Folsom
SOLYONY	Jeffrey Jason Gilpin
CHEBUTYKIN	Ted Schulz
FEDOTIK	Schuyler Schmid
RODE	Tom Walton
FERAPONT	Kenneth Springs
ANFISA	Vana O’Brien
MUSICIAN	Sundance

      Three Sisters subsequently opened at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director) on July 8, 2012. The production was directed by Anna D. Shapiro. The set design was by Todd Rosenthal, the costume design was by Jess Goldstein, the lighting design was by Donald Holder, the sound design was by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, and the original music was by David Singer; the dramaturg was Dassia N. Posner, the production stage manager was Laura D. Glenn. The cast was:

ANDREY PROZOROV	Dan Waller
NATASHA	Alana Arenas
OLGA	Ora Jones
MASHA	Carrie Coon
IRINA	Caroline Neff
KULYGIN	Yasen Peyankov
VERSHININ	John Judd
BARON TUSENBACH	Derek Gaspar
SOLYONY	Usman Ally
CHEBUTYKIN	Scott Jaeck
FEDOTIK	B. Diego Colón
RODE	Chance Bone
FERAPONT	Maury Cooper
ANFISA	Mary Ann Thebus
ENSEMBLE	Mike DiGirolamo, Jennifer Dymit,Luke Fattorusso, Brandon Holmes,Garrett Lutz, Katie Mazzini,Tom McGrath, Bruce Moore,Rakisha Pollard, Tommy Rivera-Vega

       CHARACTERS

ANDREY PROZOROV
NATASHA	His fiancée, later his wife
OLGAMASHAIRINA	His sisters
KULYGIN	Masha’s husband, a high school teacher
VERSHININ	Lieutenant-colonel, the battery commander
BARON TUSENBACH	First lieutenant
SOLYONY	Captain
CHEBUTYKIN	Army doctor
FEDOTIK	Second lieutenant
RODE	Second lieutenant
FERAPONT	Watchman from the district council, an old man
ANFISA	The Prozorovs’ nurse

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