EQUALLY REPRESENTED ARTS
experimental theatre
Moscow!
ERA’s Moscow! is a drinking-game version of Anton Chekhov’s play Three Sisters.
Olga, Irina, and Masha are sisters living in an insignificant town in Russia. They spend a lot of time talking about how all they really want to do is go back to Moscow, where everything is better. The town’s people come and go through the sisters’ house, which they own with their brother, Andrey. Everyone is so emotionally erratic – is it because they’re Russian? Perhaps it’s because they’re drunk. Three Sisters examines the frivolity of privileged life; Moscow! intensifies it with live music, dancing, and vodka.
Collaborators
Performing Artists
Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov (Andrey): Will Bonfiglio
Anfisa: Lucy Cashion
Natalia Ivanovna (Natasha): Maggie Conroy (2020), Cara Barresi (2015)
Irina, Olga, Masha, Natasha, Anfisa (understudy): Carson Cosper
Baron Nikolaj Lvovich Tuzenbach: Mitch Eagles
Staff Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony: Jakob Hultén (2020), Randy Brachman (2015)
Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin: Ryan Lawson-Maeske (2020), Pete Winfrey (2015)
Ivan Romanovich Chebutykin: Carl Overly Jr (2020), Mike Wells (2015)
Irina Sergeyevna Prozorova: Alicen Moser (2020), Julia Crump (2015)
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova (Olga): Ellie Schwetye
Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin: Gabe Taylor
Ferapont: Joe Taylor
Marya Sergeyevna Kulygina (Masha): Rachel Tibbetts
Production Team
Director & Designer: Lucy Cashion
Music Director & Arranger: Joe Taylor
Stage Manager: Miranda Jagels Félix (2020), Gabe Taylor (2015)
Costume Designer: Marcy Wiegert (2020), Meredith LaBounty (2015)
Producers: Will Bonfiglio & Lucy Cashion
House Manager: Will Bonfiglio (2020), Kevin Arkell (2015)
Production Manager: Gabe Taylor
Assistant Stage Manager: Emma Hersom (2020), Katrin Hackenberg (2015)
Marketing & Communications: Keating (2020), Kevin Arkell (2015)
Promotional Graphic Design: Katrin Hackenberg
Production Assistants: Carson Cosper & Spencer Lawton (2020), Vincent Grote (2015)
Production History
2020 September 8: SIUE's Xfest, Metcalf Student Experimental Theater. Edwardsville, IL, USA
2020 May 21 - 30: Zoom Webinar, International
2015 June 18 - 27: St Lou Fringe, Kranzberg Arts Center, Black Box Theater, St. Louis, MO, USA
Press & Recognition
Mark Bretz, "ERA's Streamcast of 'Moscow!' Is Clever Adaptation of 'Three Sisters'" in Ladue News
Michelle Kenyon, "ERA’s Intense, Digitally-Presented 'Moscow' Makes the Most of Its Medium" in Snoop's Theatre Thoughts
Chuck Lavazzi, "Sister Act: ERA revives its inventive 'Moscow!' as a webinar" in Stage Left
Production & Rehearsal Photos
by Katrin Hackenberg
