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Chekhov Program Final TEXTLINKED.Pub The Antaeus Company presents “… between the extremes of CHEKHOV X 4 the established regional stages and tiny theatrical groups struggling to survive are a number of surprising success stories. The Antaeus Company is one of these.” David Mermelstein The New York Times THE PROPOSAL THE ANNIVERSARY THE BEAR SWAN SONG by Anton Chekhov World Premiere Translations by Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer NewPlace Theatre Center 4900 Vineland Avenue Alicia Wollerton and Nike Doukas in The Liar NoHo Arts District Letter from the Artistic Directors "Youth, Nikitushka! Freshness! Life! . Where you've got art, there's no room for old age, there's no room for loneliness or being ill. Even death's only half itself!" — Anton Chekhov, Swan Song Chekhov's words in the play you'll see tonight so poignantly express why we are here, and why we’re happy you are here with us. Art is what sustains us, gives meaning to the mundane, permanence to the passing, and calls us to our highest potential as people. What you will see tonight is the great wealth of our company -- wealth that won't be immediately obvious when you walk in. You won't see it in the rather modest (but most welcome) studio theater you sit in. You won't see it in our offices, or if you walk a little north, in our shell of a mainstage theatre. You won't see it in our bank account or in our (non-existent) salaries. Our wealth resides in our ensemble itself, in the talent and expertise and standing of our actors, directors, designers and other theater artists we attract; in Founding Artistic Director Dakin Matthews' vision for the company, in the members of our diverse and multi-talented Board of Directors, and in the enthusiasm of our audiences, many of you loyal supporters who have been with us for years. What we already have is priceless: the rest is easy, it only takes cash. ....Well, easy, might not be the best word. Raising the amount of money we need to realize our dream of producing important theater on a regular basis makes for a tough road ahead. Walk around while you are here tonight, envision the cultural enclave that we imagine here at NewPlace Theatre Center. See what we see: a mainstage with a fully scheduled season of plays, a studio theater presenting a variety of workshop productions, a full-fledged acting school training the next generation of classical actors, an outdoor café for patrons and the community; a research library in the classics for students and scholars. See if the work we do excites you and inspires you to get involved. If you do share our vision, we urge you to HELP US MAKE IT REAL. Your support in any capacity — in-kind donations, volunteer help, and, of course, fully deductible financial contributions - will help make our vision a reality. In 2000 the New York Times said of us "...between the extremes of the established regional stages and tiny theatrical groups struggling to survive are a number of surprising success stories. The Antaeus Company is one of these." The struggle for survival continues on a daily basis. But tonight, thanks to our wonderful artists — John, Emily, Anne Gee, JD, Dawn, Marty, Angela, Harry Arye, Tamara, Jeremy, Lawrence, Philip, Laura, Nick, Michele, Sabin, Michael, Andy, Stephanie, Jay, Vaughan, Tuesday, Leigh, Young, Kaitlin, Amy, Andrew, Dakin — and thanks to you, we celebrate our riches. The Antaeus Company presents CHEKHOV X 4 The World Premiere of 4 new Anton Chekhov translations THE PROPOSAL—directed by Sabin Epstein THE BEAR—directed by Stephanie Shroyer THE ANNIVERSARY—directed by Michael Michetti SW AN SONG—directed by Andy Robinson Entire production supervised by Jeanie Hackett Assistant Director — Jay Mower With Antaeus Company Actors and Guests: Eugene Alper, Tony Amendola, John Apicella, Anne Gee Byrd, Nick Cagle, JD Cullum, Dawn Didawick, Ralph Drischell, Connor Kelly-Eiding, Martin Ferrero, Angela Goethals, Harry Groener, Arye Gross, Michael Kirby, Tamara Krinsky, Dakin Matthews, Lawrence Pressman, Philip Proctor, Laura Russell, And Michele Trapani Sets Costumes Vaughan Edwards Tuesday Conner Lighting Properties Leigh Allen Nick Cagle Stage Manager Associate Producer Young Ji Kaitlin Harper Produced by special arrangement with Bruce Ostler, BRET ADAMS, LTD., 448 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 5/07/04 THE ANTAEUS COM PANY L.A.’S CLASSICAL THEATER ENSEM BLE Dakin Matthews– Founding Artistic Director John Apicella & Jeanie Hackett — Artistic Directors Bill Frischman– Business Manager Board of Directors Rhonda Aldrich Don Boughton Bob Craft Jeanne Cranford Steve Cranford Terry Evans Bill Frischman Arye Gross Holly Harter Marilyn Mandel Jeffrey Nordling Abby Gail Palanker Phil Proctor Richard Schulenberg Marcelo Tubert Ensemble and Associate M embers John Achorn Rhonda Aldrich Tony Amendola John Apicella Fran Bennett Emily Bergl Gigi Bermingham D. Martyn Bookwalter Maryedith Burrell Anne Gee Byrd Dean Cameron Kandis Chappell Emily Chase John Combs Tuesday Connor Robert Cornthwaite JD Cullum Dawn Didawick Francia DiMase Mark Doerr Nike Doukas TEN EXCITING SHOWS! Ralph Drischell Paul Eiding Terry Evans Martin Ferrero Dan Fields Julia Fletcher COLLABORATORS: A new play written and directed by Jonathan Lynn. Petain and Jennifer Gatti Angela Goethals Matthew Goldsby D eG au lle, two of F rance‘s g reates t fig u res , in a fas cinating dram a of friends hip and riv alry throu g h two world wars . Robert Goldsby Lillian Groag Harry Groener Arye Gross Jeanie Hackett Mark Harelik BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER and Richard Herd Young Ji Janet Dulin Jones A GHOST IN MY OWN GARDEN: T wo new Am erican one-act m u s ical plays ; Jan Powell and K en S tone created B AR T LE B Y , and G H O S T is the work of M atthew G olds by and S cott Tamara Krinsky Jason Kuykendall Jeremy Lawrence G u y. Paul Lazarus Henri Lubatti Jonathan Lynn Robert Machray Alan Mandell Ruth Manning AMERICAN BUFFALO and BOSTON MARRIAGE: T hree crook ed m en, three crook ed wom en, two am az ing plays Anna Mathias Dakin Matthews Michael McGuire by D av id M am et. T he clas s ical theatre of the twenty-s econd centu ry from one of Am erica‘s g reates t Anne McNaughton Micheal McShane Bill Mendieta playwrig hts ! Richard Miró John Michael Morgan Jonathan Nichols DON JUAN: W om en enjoyed and des troyed – T irs o de M olina‘s G olden Ag e play in a new Jeffrey Nordling Melinda Peterson Jan Powell rhym ing v ers e trans lation by D ak in M atthews . Larry Pressman Philip Proctor John Prosky THE ACADEMY COMPANY in three terrific projects : NORA, Ing m ar B erg m an‘s Bert Rosario Mikael Salazar Nicholas Saunders fas cinating adaptation of Ibs en‘s clas s ic dram a of a wom an‘s awak ening ; TWELFTH NIGHT by Carl Smith Kurtwood Smith Joe Spano W illiam S hak es peare; RHYMES, RANTS AND LIES, an orig inal poetry ev ening that‘s part cabaret, part tru th-or-dare g am e. Janellen Steininger Karen Stone Marcelo Tubert Peter Van Norden Geoffrey W ade John W alcutt THE DICKENS PROJECT: O u r m as s iv ely am bitiou s two-part epic, written by Janet Laura W ernette Paul W illson Alicia W ollerton D u lin Jones and director Pau l Laz aru s , pres ented in two-nig ht and m arathon week end perform ances , inclu ding a s pecial two-nig ht g ala at Pas adena‘s beau tifu l new B os ton C ou rt on Ju ne 2 8 & 2 9 . Mary Kay W ulf CHEKHOV X 4 Join us for The Singer Eugene Alper THE PROPOSAL directed by Sabin Epstein The country estate of Chubukov h jaf _ ]kl O B Ivan Vassilyevich Lomov Arye Gross* Natalya Styepanovna Angela Goethals* Jeanie Hackett* Styepan Styepanovitch Chubukov M artin Ferrero* 1//3 THE ANNIVERSARY directed by M ichael M ichetti The office of the director of a Russian Mutual Bank A full month of performances, workshops, and staged readings — ten different shows! Kuzma Nicolayevich Khirin Tony Amendola* John Apicella* Nastasya Fyodorovna Merchutkina Anne Gee Byrd* Last year’s MAYFEST featured such projects as Andrei Andreyevich JD Cullum* Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Tatyana Alekesyevna Tamara Krinsky* Fashion, Trial by Jury, The Long Christmas Dinner, Laura Russell and readings of plays by Antaean playwright- Leader of the Deputation Ralph Drischell* members. Also featured was the inspiring work Philip Proctor* of our young Academy Company. Clerk Nick Cagle* M ichael Kirby June 2004 will bring even more, all leading up to There will be one 10 minute intermission. the first public presentation of an THE BEAR directed by Stephanie Shroyer epic new theatre piece: The drawing room of Yelena Ivanovna Popova’s estate THE DICKENS PROJECT by Janet Dulin Jones and Paul Lazarus, in which Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov Harry Groener* young journalist Charles Dickens unravels a Yelena Ivanovna Popova Dawn Didawick* dark crime in the chaotic and dangerous London of Luka Ralph Drischell* Philip Proctor* Princess Victoria. An Antaeus Original! SW AN SONG directed by Andy Robinson Don’t miss this extraordinary festival of classic work The stage of a provincial theater after that evening’s performance by Antaeans, Academy members and Guest Artists. Vasily Vasilyich Svyetlovidov Dakin M atthews* SEATING IS LIM ITED Lawrence Pressman* Nikita Ivanich Arye Gross* RESERVE NOW ! Yakov Nick Cagle* www.theaterm ania.com M ichael Kirby Sasha Connor Kelly-Eiding or call 1-866-811-4111 M ichele Trapani *Member, Actors’ Equity Association Program Notes Special Thanks to: “I’ve managed to write a stupid vaudeville, which, thanks to the fact that it is stupid, is enjoying surprising success.” - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov M oana Dixon and Skyy Vodka Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born into a family of emancipated serfs and eventually went on to medical school, where he began writing short stories to help California Arts Council support his family.
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