UNCLE VANYA / THE SEAGULL / THREE SISTERS
These three masterpieces by the Russian classic have continued to inspire theater directors around the world ever since Chekhov shifted the focus from dramatic action to the inner turmoil of his characters, their everyday suffering, and resignation. These are not plays about great events, but about small human breakdowns, which is why audiences still deeply empathize with the protagonists’ fates. In the play Uncle Vanya, first performed more than 125 years ago, Chekhov created a gallery of unhappy characters who, in their mature years, discover that their lives are devoid of meaning, their dreams have failed, and they are powerless to change their fate. They all dream of happiness, without the strength to attain it, yet they nevertheless persevere in…