The award-winning ensembles of Singapore’s Nine Years Theatre and the SITI Company from New York join hands to present this hybrid retelling of Anton Chekhov’s classic play Three Sisters.
Three Sisters, by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, stands as one of the most outstanding plays of his career. Olga, Masha, and Irina – the titular sisters - fritter away their lives in a provincial town, while they dream of returning to the cosmopolitan city where they grew up.
Chronicling their tangled relationships, ordinary frustrations and search for meaning, the play opens a moving window into the human condition, and reveals Chekhov’s profound understanding of universal themes.
In this new hybrid work co-created by Singapore Mandarin theatre company Nine Years Theatre (NYT) and the SITI Company from New York, this classic play is re-imagined as a memory-scape of Irina, the youngest sister. The NYT actors will be performing alongside cinematic projections of SITI Company actors that allude to visual memories in the mind. The heart-wrenching story is then told through a juxtaposition of live bodies and virtual presence, heightening the tragi-comedic sentiments of these Chekhovian characters in an absurd world.
Don’t miss this version of Three Sisters that brings together the creativity of the two companies to share a timeless story, in a way that is also a quirky response to the current global unnormal.
By: Anton Chekov
Based on English version by: Sarah Ruhl
Conceived and Directed by: Nelson Chia, Darron L West
Created and Performed by: Nine Years Theatre, SITI Company
Cast:
Ellen Lauren
Akiko Aizawa
Mia Chee
Timothy Wan
Leon Ingulsrud
Stephen Duff Webber
Hang Qian Chou
Barney O'Hanlon
Neo Hai Bin
Wendi Wee Hian
Koh Wan Ching
Director/Set Concept: Nelson Chia
Producer: Mia Chee
Co-Costume Designers: Yuan Zhiying, Jacqueline Teo
Lighting Designer: Genevieve Peck
Script Translator: Neo Hai Bin
Production Manager: Tennie Su
Stage Manager: Ng Siaw Hui
Technical Manager: Ian Tan
Sound Associate and Operator: Guo Ningru
Assistant Stage Managers: Teo Pei Si, Natalie Wong
Wardrobe Manager: Tan Jia Hui
Surtitle Operator: Shang Dianjun
Performance Hair: Ashley Salon
Performance Makeup: The Make Up Room
Title Logo and Graphic Design: Ryan Loi
Video on Demand Film Team: Thunk Pte Ltd (Ler Jiyuan, Cheong Ying Sien, Wan Othman, Zen Yeo, Patrick Chan)
USA Creative Team
Director/Sound Designer: Darron L West
Producer/Dramaturg: Megan E Carter
Lighting Designer: Brian H Scott
Projection Designer and Programmer: Sam Kusnetz
Production Stage Manager: Gian-Murray Gianino
Stage Manager: Alyssa Escalante
SITI Executive Director: Michelle Preston
Artistic Advisor: Anne Bogart
(Source: Nine Years Theatre Programme)