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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 1, 2005CONTACT: Kati Mitchell 617.495.2668Kati_Mitchell@harvard.eduAmerican Repertory TheatrepresentsAnton Chekhov’sTHREE SISTERSTranslated by Paul Schmidt • Directed by Krystian LupaNovember 26 — January 1Cambridge, MA — Robert Woodruff, Artistic Director, Gideon Lester,Associate Artistic Director, and Robert J. Orchard, Executive Director of the AmericanRepertory Theatre (A.R.T.) present the third production of the A.R.T.’s 2005-06subscription season — Anton Chekhov’s great tragicomedy Three Sisters, in atranslation by Paul Schmidt, directed by the internationally revered Polish directorKrystian Lupa, in his first American production.Performances begin on Saturday, November 26 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64Brattle Street, Harvard Square in Cambridge, and run through Sunday, January 1, 2006.The production will be available for press viewing beginning Wednesday, November 30at 7:30pm.“Let’s pack our bags and go to Moscow; there’s no place like Moscow” pleadsIrina, the youngest sister. Her cry echoes throughout Anton Chekhov’s immortal play, amantra for the entire Prozorov family. Stuck in a small town in provincial Russia,spinster schoolmistress Olga, unhappily married Masha, idealistic Irina, and Andrei, thefailed scientist, yearn for better days. The Prozorovs long for love and happiness, theironly companions the soldiers stationed in the local garrison, a group of would-be poetsand philosophers. The family, forever aware of a better future just beyond reach, facesmarriage, birth, and death alike, constantly searching for answers to why we keep onliving. With this production of Three Sisters we welcome the Polish master-directorKrystian Lupa to the U.S. for the first time.The cast includes A.R.T company actors Thomas Derrah as Chebutykin, JeremyGeidt as Ferapont, Will LeBow as Kulygin, A.R.T. Institute graduate Molly Ward asMasha, and returning actor Sean Dugan as Andrei. They are joined by Jeff Biehl asTuzenbach, Julienne Hanzelka Kim as Natasha, Kelly McAndrew as Olga, ChrisMcKinney as Solyony, Sarah Grace Wilson as Irina, and Frank Wood as Vershinin.A.R.T. Institute actors Patrick Mapel and Sean Simbro complete the cast as Fedotik andRhode. Set design is by Krystian Lupa, costume design by Piotr Skiba, lighting design

y Scott Zielinski, original music by Jacek Ostaszewski and sound design by DavidRemedios.Internationally renowned as one of the leading artists of our age, Krystian Lupaworks on a vast theatrical canvas. His productions are remarkable for their psychologicalcomplexity, stylistic innovation, and humanity. His recent productions include his ownadaptations of Thomas Bernhard’s Limeworks; Emmanuel Kant; Extinction; andRitter, Dene, Voss; Malte, or the Prodigal Son’s Triptych inspired by Rilke; HermannBroch’s trilogy The Sleepwalkers; Dostoyevsky’s Brother’s Karamazov; Bulgakov’sMaster and Margarita; Gorky’s Lower Depths; Musil’s Man Without Qualities;Nietzsche’s Zarathustra; Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris; and Unfinished Piece for an Actorwhich combines Chekhov’s Seagull with Yazmina Reza’s The Spanish Play.Additionally Lupa has directed several productions for Polish television, and is a residentdirector at the Stary Teatr in Krakow. He teaches directing at the National TheatreAcademy in Krakow. His published writings on the theatre include Utopia and ItsInhabitants and two volumes of his diaries, Labyrinth and Spying. Lupa’s productionshave been invited to the most significant theatre festivals of Europe, and he has beenrecognized with every major Polish theatre award as well as the Austrian Cross of Meritand the French Order of the Fine Arts and Humanities. In 2003 the Stary Teatr mounteda retrospective festival of five of Lupa’s stage productions.Jacek Ostaszewski is a renowned composer and musician in his nativePoland. He is a featured soloist in several films and with various orchestras onflute, recorder, bass, and sansa, and the founder of the world-music ensembleOsjan. He leads workshops at schools and at the Theater Acedemy in Krakow.As composer, he has to his credit around eighty plays (among which fifteen weredirected by Krystian Lupa.) He also created ballet music for Beth Soll DanceCompany; wrote music for three feature length and five short films, as well asfive television specials.Scott Zielinski designed lighting for A.R.T.’s Dido Queen of Carthage,Black Snow, Woyzeck, Peter Pan and Wendy. New York credits includeTopdog/Underdog (Broadway), Lincoln Center, Public Theater, Theater for aNew Audience, Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, New YorkTheater Workshop, Signature, and Classic Stage Company, among others. He hasalso designed extensively at regional theaters throughout the U.S. andinternationally.Resident Sound Designer David Remedios has created twenty-nine productionsfor the A.R.T., including Amerika, Olly’s Prison, Dido Queen of Carthage, TheProvok’d Wife (original music). Other credits include Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,Dressed Up! Wigged Out! (original music and sound, Boston Playwrights Theatre),Emerson Stage, 92nd St. Y, Boston Theatre Works, New York Theatre Workshop, andVineyard Playhouse. He created dance soundscapes for Concord Academy, Snappy

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AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE FACT SHEETWHAT: THREE SISTERSby Anton ChekhovTranslated by Paul SchmidtDirected by Krystian LupaSet Design by Krystian LupaCostume Design by Piotr SkibaLighting Design by Scott ZielinskiSound Design by David RemediosComposer Jacek OstaszewskiCast:Andrei ProzorovHis sisters: OlgaMashaIrinaNatasha, his fiancée, later his wifeKulygin, Masha’s husband, a high school teacherVershinin, colonel battery commanderBaron Tuzenbach, first lieutenantSolyony, captainChebutykin, army doctorFedotik, second lieutenantRohde, second lieutenantFerapont, janitor at the County CounselAnfisa, the nurseSean Dugan*Kelly McAndrew*Molly Ward*Sarah Grace Wilson*Julienne Hanzelka Kim*Will LeBow*Frank Wood*Jeff Biehl*Chris McKinney*Thomas Derrah*Patrick MapelSean SimbroJeremy Geidt*Mikki Lipsey(*) Members of Actors Equity Association.PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES:November 26, 29, 30, December 1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29,January 1 at 7:30pm; November 26, December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 30, 31 at8pm; November 27, December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, January 1 at 2pm, December6 and 14 at 10 am.Production available for press viewing from Wednesday, November 30 at7:30 pm. To reserve tickets for this performance, contact the press office at617-496-2000 x 8841 kati_mitchell@harvard. eduTICKETS: Price: $15 to $74. Tickets may be charged to American Express,Visa, or MasterCard. Senior citizen, group discounts are available. Box OfficePhone and A.R.T. InfoLine: (617) 547 8300 or on the website at www.amrep.orgE-mail address: press@amrep.orgWeb address: www.amrep.orgPRODUCTION PHOTOS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROMwww.amrep.org/media effective November 28, 2005