Marina (Zhenya Lavy) and Telegin (Sean Patrick Taylor) tearing it up with a rousing “Когда мы были на войне” is just one of the reasons Uncle Vanya is the first production in APL’s history to be interrupted midstream by audience applause. | Uncle Vanya (2014) | Photo: Annie Paladino
Congratulations, to the entire company of Uncle Vanya!
We had a highly successful opening weekend, with both our evening shows sold out during pre-sales and enthusiastic audience response.
The first review is a great one. Read it here:
“Uncle Vanya – Brilliant new translation by Zhenya Lavy” by Marie Bonfils, Drama in the Hood, March 23, 2014
Among the highlights:
Akropolis Performance Lab deserves the highest theatre award known to mankind for their production of Uncle Vanya….
…this version of Uncle Vanya was not another fossil in a museum, but a vibrant play propelled by psychic movement.
It was a stroke of genius to stage Uncle Vanya in The Garden House-The Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs.
The Music was to die for!
Doubling as the director, Joseph Lavy delivered a stunningly brilliant performance as Vanya, which was humorous, sad, and deeply moving.
Margaretta Campagna as Sonya, was superb…. She has a commanding voice and presence on stage which made her plight as a plain girl of marriageable age all that more tragic.
All in all this is the best production of Chekhov I have ever seen.
