Letters from the Rehearsal Room Part Six
Dear Audience- At intermission of our Thursday night preview, I overheard a young man say “Chekhov is like an old time reality show.” I couldn’t agree more. When I was…
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The Arden Blog Category: Three Sisters
Meet Irina
Irina Bright. Idealistic. Determined. Naïve. Irina Prozorov is the youngest sister at 20 years old at the beginning of the play. Irina’s only desire is to go back to Moscow, which her family left when…
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Masha Smart. Witty. Seductive. Dangerous. Masha Prozorov is the middle sister, about 21 years old at the beginning of the play. When she was 18, she married her teacher with…
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Dear Audience- I am writing to you from deep within tech—the period in which we add the technical and design elements in one marathon week. Actors work 12 hour days…
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Dear Audience- Yesterday, we said goodbye to the rehearsal room in the Hamilton Family Arts Center and moved to the Haas stage. On our final night in the rehearsal room,…
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Dear Audience— Designs for the physical life of the production are moving ahead. We’ve begun “loading in” (building the set, adjusting the light grid, etc). Costumes are also underway. Much…
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Dear Audience – Welcome to week four of Three Sisters rehearsal. In a typical Arden rehearsal process, we would be nearing the end of our time in the rehearsal room…
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As we rehearse our new production of Three Sisters, we wanted to offer the same opportunity to you that those letters offered Chekhov—a window into a process that can sometimes seem far away. Each Wednesday, we’ll post letters to you on the Arden Blog sharing insights and stories from where we are in the process. Whether you read one a week or all the night before you visit the theatre, you’ll get a sense of how this production of Three Sisters evolves throughout rehearsals and performances.
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