THREE SISTERS

based on a play by Anton Chekhov
adapted by Krystian Lupa
based on a translation by Paul Schmidt

directed by Krystian Lupa
set design by Krystian Lupa
costume design by Piotr Skiba
lighting design by Scott Zielinski
sound design by David Remedios
original music by Jacek Ostaszewski
video design Zbyszek Bzymek
assistant director Marcin Wierzchowski

November 26, 2005 - January 1, 2006
at the Loeb Drama Center

ARTicles - cast - synopsis - links - photos

books-posters

ARTifact: The Making of Three Sisters

Love lies deep and untapped in the Prozorov girls, until a garrison arrives in their remote town.  Can the newcomers bring the sisters the happiness they crave?

"Let's pack our bags and go to Moscow; there's no place like Moscow," pleads Irina, the youngest sister. Her cry echoes throughout Anton Chekhov's play, a mantra for the entire Prozorov family. Stuck in a small town in provincial Russia, spinster schoolmistress Olga, unhappily married Masha, idealistic Irina, and Andrei, the failed scientist, yearn for better days. The Prozorovs long for love and happiness, their only companions the soldiers stationed in the local garrison, a group of would-be poets and philosophers. The family, forever aware of a better future just beyond reach, faces marriage, birth, and death alike, constantly searching for answers to why we keep on living.

Major support for Three Sisters has been provided by
The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Ted and Mary Wendell

• ARTifact - The Making of Three Sisters - bigger - smaller - get Quicktime 7
• ARTicles
  • Shadowland - Gideon Lester introduces the theatre of Krystian Lupa
  • Coating the Pill - Heather Helinsky explores Anton Chekhov's sense of humor
  • Who is Krystian Lupa? - Online Exclusive! - The A.R.T.'s Three Sisters brings the acclaimed Polish director's work to an English-speaking audience for the first time - by Allen Kuharski
  • ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 2 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
• ART Connections - December 2005 - Beyond Words: Krystian Lupa discusses Three Sisters
• ART Blog: Three Sisters in Edinburgh - by Gideon Lester
• Photos: Three Sisters Slide Show
• Boston Globe - An existential 'Sisters' act - by Ed Siegel
• Boston Globe - His arduous road to Chekhov: Lupa brings an exacting process - by Louise Kennedy
• Boston Phoenix - Cold comforts - by Carolyn Clay
• Boston Phoenix - Poland springs - Master director Krystian Lupa at ART - by Iris Fanger
• Polished News - Three Sisters Review (in English) - by Sylvia Gustowski
• Variety - review by Frank Rizzo
• White Eagle - New England - in Polish (PDF)
• Order the poster by designer Burt Sun via Zazzle.com