Three love stories near the railroad
Elisabeth Vincentelli“The action is magnetic”
Sara Holdren“Both visceral and dreamlike”
“Quite disarming in its playfulness”
About the production
What is a love story? Most people think of love stories as romance, but there are many kinds of love: romantic, parental, or humanistic; love of beauty, of the land, of God; love for theatre, and love for hard work. There is love that is being born, love that goes sour, and love that dies away. These kinds of love stories are the result of the inevitable collisions between people with different wants and needs.
Three love stories near the railroad emerges from three classic American tales. In Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants," a couple grapple with the consequences of an unexpected pregnancy. In "Canary for One," three families hurtle towards uncertain futures and a parent's love turns destructive. In Desire Under the Elms, Eugene O'Neill's Americanized Hippolytus, a father, stepmother, and son struggle to find understanding and home in a land as hard and unforgiving as they themselves are. While the originals are known for their terseness and psychological realism, Krymov Lab NYC explores what lies beneath the words.
Shari Perkins, Krymov Lab NYC Dramaturg
Three love stories near the railroad was presented by La MaMa ETC as a workshop (then titled The Americans) in 2022, and as a sold out mainstage production in the Ellen Stewart Theater in 2023, as part of Big Trip, the debut season of Krymov Lab NYC.
On stage
Photos: Steven Pisano
Sara Holdren“both visceral and dreamlike — like watching a massive 3-D painting being created, then smudged out, then remade before your eyes…strange, ephemeral wonders coalesce and scatter”
“tackling American literature with the same whimsical and sometimes fourth wall-smashing approach that emphasizes the pure act of theater making. It is at first quite disarming in its playfulness, yet never loses sight of sincere treatment of works of literature.”
“Dmity’s writing and directing creates poetry in the space between stage and audience, engagement, never forgetting that we are all here together.”
Cast and creative team
Cast
Natalie Battistone
Tim Eliot
Shelby Flannery
Annie Hägg
Kwesiu Jones
Jeremy Radin
Erich Rausch
Jackson Scott
Anya Zicer
Creative team
- Dmitry KrymovWriter/Director
- Tatyana KhaikinInterpreter, Producer, Casting Director
- Shari PerkinsDramaturg
- Emona StoykovaProduction Designer
- Krista SmithLighting Designer
- Luna GombergCostume Designer
- Kate MarvinSound Designer
- Patrick DunningSound Designer
- Marie de TestaAssistant Production Designer
- Heather Ann MilamDraper / Tailor
- Anna LabykinaTechnical Director
- Baye & AsaMovement Consultants
- Tim EliotProducer
