Three Sisters (2007)
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»   SYNOPSIS

Chekhov's play delves into the lives of the three sisters of the privileged Prozorov family - Olga, Masha, and Irina - who live in a provincial town while constantly yearning to return to their beloved urban Moscow. Dissatisfied with their current existence and surroundings, they attempt to fulfill their daily lives with meaning and continue to aspire for more.




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Full cast:

 Olga
Masha
Irina
Andrei
Kulygin
Vershinin
Chebutykin
Natasha
Tuzenbach
Solyony
Ferapont
Anfisa
Fedotik
Rohde
Maid


Website: 		August 30 - October 13, 2007
Michael Young Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

Anton Chekhov
László Marton
Nicolas Billon
Masha Prozorov



. . . d'bi.young.anitafrika
. . . Megan Follows
. . . Patricia Fagan
. . . Kevin Mac-Donald
. . . Diego Matamoros
. . . Albert Schultz
. . . Michael Simpson
. . . Sarah Wilson
. . . Mike Ross
. . . Stephen Guy-McGrath
. . . Les Carlson
. . . Dawn Greenhalgh
. . . Michael Blake
. . . James Dallas Smith
. . . Jennifer Villaverde


Soulpepper Theatre Company





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"Chekhov's exposure of the comic and tragic sides of the same characters is what makes them so endlessly fascinating. We see these kinds of revelations in the performances of anitafrika, Follows, MacDonald, Matamoros and Schultz, who combine excellent diction with finely nuanced acting."
– Christopher Hoile, Eye Weekly



"Every scene that features Follows as Masha, Patricia Fagan as Irina and d'bi.young.anitafrika as Olga is theatrical bliss. They may not look like sisters, but they create an absorbing emotional and familial bond of shared hopes and heartbreaks. I liked the gravitas of d'bi.young.anitafrika as the eldest sister; the existential disappointment of Follows as the middle one, and the sweet floundering and eventual resignation of Fagan as the youngest."
– Kamal Al-Solaylee, The Globe and Mail



"Taking acting honours are Follows and Schultz as the secret lovers, staid in front of others and passionate when alone. Watch how she holds a pillow when she thinks of Vershinin."
– Jon Kaplan, NOW Magazine



"Megan Follows' Masha, all nerves and irony, disintegrates before our eyes as she first yields to, then loses, the married officer Vershinin . . . The complexities of feeling that percolate within and around this family are brilliantly captured."
– Robert Cushman National Post



There's quite the range of accents and acting styles; Follows, for example is cool and classical, Fagan is contemporary and naturalistic, while d'bi.young.afrika, with a background in alternate theatre, has moments that seem over the top, particularly in such a setting . . . Yet the three of them combine in the final scenes of the play to produce a climax that is pretty well as it should be - heart-wrenching and poignant."
– Robert Crew Toronto Star


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