The Three Sisters November 18, 2010

'The Three Sisters,' by Anton Chekhov, depicts an entire village of unlucky lovers struggling with the bittersweet distance between reality and dreams. The three sisters: schoolmistress Olga, married Masha and idealistic Irina, are stuck in a backwater town, and long to get to Moscow where they imagine their lives will be transformed. This classic tale, seeped in longing, is given another look in a new version adapted by Sarah Ruhl, one of America's most acclaimed young playwrights, and author of 'In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play),' 'Late: A Cowboy Song' and 'The Clean House.' The Chicago Premiere is directed by Chicago theatre veteran Joyce Piven, the co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Piven Theatre Workshop. Discover the humor and heartbreak of one of the world's great plays, retold by one of the most original voices in contemporary theatre.