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Comedic Drama
Short, 5-15 minutes
3 females
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Comedies: Volume 6.
Kate, Jackie, and Bee are three quirky teenage girls embroiled in an argument about Chekhov's The Seagull, but their amusing intellectual banter glosses over some troubling unspoken issues. When one of them threatens to expose a secret, the girls experience a truly Chekhovian moment that their friendship might not be able to withstand.
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Uncle Vanya adapted by Craig Lucas
from the play by Anton Chekhov |
 
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Tragicomedy
Full-length, 120-130 minutes
4 females, 5 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This new adaptation of Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, where a visit from a professor and his beautiful young wife turns one family's simple country life upside-down, is refreshing and full of nuanced humor. Long-suffering Uncle Vanya yearns for the professor's wife, Elena, a desire made even more painful by the realization that he has wasted his life serving her husband. Meanwhile, the professor's daughter longs for the doctor, who only has eyes for Elena. And, just when it seems that things couldn't go any more awry, the professor has an announcement that could change the lives of the entire household. This timeless study of human behavior and relationships remains relevant and modern.
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Three Sisters adapted by Craig Lucas
from the play by Anton Chekhov |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 120-130 minutes
5 females, 9 males, 3 either (14-20 actors possible: 5-8 females, 9-12 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Olga, Irina, and Masha are restless. Trapped in menial jobs and uninspiring relationships, these sisters yearn for more than what their small provincial town has to offer -- the cosmopolitan and sophisticated life of Moscow. This heartfelt new version of Chekhov's classic play passionately retells the three women's attempts to rise above their dictated circumstances and examines the timeless question -- is happiness mandated by fate or can fulfillment be of your own making?
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| "Easily understood by contemporary ears...the sentiment is as fresh as it was when written 100 years ago." |
| --Lynn Jacobson, Variety |
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Comedy
Short, 15-20 minutes
2 females, 3 males
$35.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Comedies: Volume 5.
The eminent playwright and physician Anton Chekhov visits the country home of Pavla and her husband Mikhail Ivanovich to examine the couple's ailing daughter, Raissa. But when Chekhov arrives, nobody recognizes him but the maid. Pavla and Mikhail are distracted by an unwelcome visit from their covetous neighbor, Stepan Stepanovich, who has his eye on both the Ivanovich cherry orchard and Pavla. While solving Raissa's ailment and negotiating the sale of Pavla's cherry trees, Dr. Chekhov comes away with a brilliant idea for a new play...
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