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Uncle Vanya reading
June 26, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Museum of Russian Art, Theatre Novi Most, and Terry Hempleman are delighted to continue a staged reading series of Russian classic plays with Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
Enjoy the opportunity to engage with the work of Anton Chekhov as it comes alive in the midst of the main gallery of The Museum of Russian Art.
The Museum of Russian Art Main Gallery | Monday, June 26 at 7pm
TICKETS: TMORA Member – $15 | General Admission – $18 | Student (with ID) – $10
Following last summer’s reading of Chekhov’s The Seagull and Turgenev’s A Month in the Country earlier this year, Theatre Novi Most and The Museum of Russian Art return to Chekhov with Uncle Vanya, directed by Theatre Novi Most co-artistic director Vladimir Rovinsky, featuring Terry Hempleman* as Vanya and Tracey Maloney* as Yelena.
THE CAST:
Vanya– Terry Hempleman*
Yelena – Tracey Maloney*
Marina / Maria – Nancy Marvy*
Professor Serebryakov- Allen Hamilton*
Waffles – Dan Dukich
Astrov – James Williams*
Sonya – Megan Burns
Yefim / Stage Directions – Tyler Haugen
*denotes member of Actor’s Equity Association
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Uncle Vanya spends his time tending to the country estate of his brother-in-law, Serebryakov, a retired professor, in Russia, 1898. His sister (the professor’s first wife) dead, Vanya indulges in a romantic malaise over Serebryakov’s beautiful, young second wife, Yelena. Meanwhile Doctor Astrov, summoned to the estate to tend to the professor’s myriad imagined aches and pains, is also in love with the enigmatic Yelena and remains oblivious to the fact that Serebryakov’s daughter, Sonya, yearns for him. Trouble develops when Serebryakov announces his plan to sell the estate (Vanya and Sonya’s home) in order to invest the profits and make a fortune for himself and Yelena. Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya explores the disruption and discontent of a small group of people in rural 19th century Russia struggling against the monotony of routine.
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Photo by Wijadi Jodi.