Graduating class performances
ShareThree Sisters
By Anton Chekhov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Vikki Anderson
of performances
from December 11 to December 15, 2012
Tuesday December 11: 8 pm
Wednesday December 12: 8 pm
Thursday December 13: 8 pm
Friday December 14: 8 pm
Saturday December 15: 8 pm
Ludger-Duvernay Theatre
1182, St. Laurent Blvd., Montreal
St. Laurent or Place d'Armes Metro
The 2013 English graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) is proud to present Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Vikki Anderson (translation Paul Schmidt). The play will run at the Ludger-Duvernay Theatre of the Monument-National from December 11 to 15. Toronto-based set, costume, lighting and projection designer Patrick Du Wors has been hired by NTS to create the set for Three Sisters.
About Three Sisters
The works of Russia's greatest playwright, Anton Chekhov, masterfully blend comedy and pathos, creating a richness of texture and characterization rarely seen since Shakespeare. With Three Sisters (1901), his portrait of the Prozorov family's elusive dream of returning from the provinces to an idealized Moscow, he captured a restlessness and yearning which remain enduringly modern. In Paul Schmidt's version - the basis for the Wooster Group's acclaimed adaption Brace Up! - we can perceive, for the first time in English, a refreshingly clear and colloquial style we instinctively know as Chekhov's own.
About Vikki Anderson
A theatre director, designer and producer, Vikki Anderson is the founder of DVxT Theatre Company. Vikki's work for DVxT includes the multi award-winning production of Ibsen's The Doll House adapted by John Murrell, the acclaimed Soulpepper production of Happy Days starring Martha Burns and most recently, a site-specific production of The Turn of the Screw at the Campbell House Museum. DVxT has received 19 Dora Nominations and 12 Dora Awards for their work thus far. Recent directing credits include: The Misanthrope (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Associate), The Mill Part 4 : Ash (Theatrefront/Young Centre), Romeo & Juliet (Canadian Stage); The Last Five Years (The Grand Theatre); Creon (Theatreworks). Vikki has collaborated with many other theatre artists and companies, including: Buddies in Bad Times, Crow's Theatre, Factory Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, The National Arts Centre, Nightwood Theatre, Smith-Gilmour, Soulpepper, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Calgary and Theatre Direct.
Cast
2013 Graduating Actors
Sehar Bhojani
Shannon Currie
Grace Fitzpatrick
Darcy Gerhart
Jeff Ho
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff
Jesse LaVercombe
Alyx Melone
Stephane Garneau-Monten
Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski
Julie Trépanier
Design / Production Team
Patrick Du Wors*
Set Design
Daniel Séguin
Costume Design
Alexander Russ-Hogg
Sound Design
Elizabeth Kantor
Video Design
Kaitlin Hickey
Lighting Designer
Crystal Laffoley
Production Manager
Christina Sutrov
Stage Manager
Emily Iselmoe
Technical Director
* The Design and Production team is entirely composed of NTS 2013 graduating students, except for Patrick Du Wors.