Uncle Vanya
Scenes from country life
Helen Shaw“Extraordinary”
Sara Holdren“The wildly inventive director Dmitry Krymov and his company return”
David Walters“You will never be able to see any other production of Uncle Vanya in quite the same way.”
Written and directed by
Dmitry Krymov
Krymov has never staged “Uncle Vanya.” But now, as our own world burns with despair, longing, and betrayal, it is time for the Lab to take up Chekhov’s masterpiece, transforming it into a grotesque elegy, a wasteland vaudeville.
About Dmitry KrymovOn stage
Zachary Stewart“Krymov's take feels fresh and surprising... He has plenty of reasons to feel exhausted, and yet Krymov exhibited no signs of fatigue, bounding across the rehearsal room, delivering a torrent of notes with a speed and confidence that would put most to shame. The relativity of tragedy is something that clearly fascinates Krymov. The specter of death is never far from Chekhov's plays. And now we see, as this story has moved forward, how much blood it has produced.”
David Walters“It's that magnificent and that profound... There is an absurdist, comical, over the top, gut punching, tear inducing quality of presenting that makes not only a great production, but something that you will carry with you forever. Dare I say, in a theatrical sense, life changing.”
In the rehearsal room
Photos: Steven Pisano
Cast and creative team
Cast
Shelby Flannery
Amen Igbinosun
Natalie Battistone
Tim Eliot
Zach Fike Hodges
Colin Buckingham
MaryKate Glenn
Javier Molina
Sasha Drey
Anya Zicer
Creative team
- Dmitry KrymovWriter & Director
- Tatyana KhaikinProducer, Interpreter and Casting Director
- Emona StoykovaProduction Design
- Shari PerkinsDramaturg
- Leah OgawaPuppet Design
- Patrick DunningProduction Stage Manager
- Luna GombergCostume Design
- Krista SmithLighting Design
- Denis ZabiyakaSound Design
- Yana BiryukovaProjection Designer
- Calan BritzTechnical Director/Special Effects
- Zach JenkinsProduction Manager
