The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, brings you Brian Friel’s charming retelling of Anton Chekhov’s beloved story.

In this classic story of desire and frustration, three army daughters stuck in a rural backwater, long to get to the big city where, they imagine, their lives will be transformed and fulfilled. But as their brother's new, social-climbing wife vies for control over the estate, they distract themselves with work, potential suitors, and secret love affairs - which threaten to pull them further from one another and the happiness they crave.

"Friel has succeeded admirably with a script that is more literate, more touching, more luminous and more enjoyable than the more academic versions that have gone before." —Irish Times.

"Friel has translated Chekhov in a way that we might expect from the author of TRANSLATIONS—he has brought about a profound shift in the relationship of the words to the characters who speak them and to the audience who hears them." —Fintan O'Toole.

Running time: 3 hours, plus one 15 minute intermission.

Cast:

Ferapont - Alan Altschuler
Natasha - Kathleen Brower+*
Solyony - Brian Byus
Baron - Lee Cavellier
Chebutykin - Michael Stephen Clay+
Masha - Erin Cronican+*
Anfisa - Mary Lahti
Fedotik - Justin Kress
Kulygin - Ned Baker Lynch+
Roddey - Daniel Perez
Irina- Elisa Pupko
Vershinin - David Sedgwick+*
Olga - Daniela Thome
Andrey - Brandon Walker+*

Creative Team:

Director - Brandon Walker+
Producers - Erin Cronican+* & Brandon Walker+*
Stage Management - Livia Hill+
Set Design - Michael Minahan
Costume Design - Preesa Adelaide Bullington+
Lighting Design - Zach Pizza
Assistant Director - Ariel Francoeur+
Assistant to the Director - Michael Stephen Clay+
Dramaturg - Rick Delaney+*

+ = Company Member      |      * = Member of AEA

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