Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando
Two Renderings for the Stage
Author: Virginia Woolf, Anton Chekhov and Sarah Ruhl
-Advertising in American Theatre magazine-Author signings-First theatrical adaption of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando was a recent hit at New York’s Classic Stage Company-Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters becoming the new standard version of this classic play with productions at Cincinnati Playhouse, Piven Theatre (Chicago), Berkeley Repertory Theatre-Ruhl was Pulitzer finalist for In The Next Room (2010) and The Clean House (2005)-Clean House and Other Plays now in its seventh printing with over 35,000 in print since June 2005-Most produced woman playwright over the past five years-Ruhl’s newest play Stage Kiss to premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in April
Adaptations of two classic works through the unique lens of playwright Sarah Ruhl.
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-Advertising in American Theatre magazine-Author signings-First theatrical adaption of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando was a recent hit at New York’s Classic Stage Company-Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters becoming the new standard version of this classic play with productions at Cincinnati Playhouse, Piven Theatre (Chicago), Berkeley Repertory Theatre-Ruhl was Pulitzer finalist for In The Next Room (2010) and The Clean House (2005)-Clean House and Other Plays now in its seventh printing with over 35,000 in print since June 2005-Most produced woman playwright over the past five years-Ruhl’s newest play Stage Kiss to premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in April
Adaptations of two classic works through the unique lens of playwright Sarah Ruhl.
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"[Ruhl's Orlando] captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work. . . . Ruhl writes with the imaginative sweep that allows Woolf's poetry to soar."-Variety
"Sarah Ruhl's smart new translation [of Three Sisters] feels just right to contemporary American ears-lean, colloquial, and conversational for us and true to Chekhov's original work."-The Cincinnati Enquirer
In her stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender-bending, period-hopping novel, award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl "is her usual unfailingly elegant, unbeatably witty self, cleverly braiding her own brand-name wit with Woolf's" (New York )magazine. Preserving Woolf's vital ideas and lyrical tone, Ruhl brings to the stage the life of an Elizabethan nobleman who's magically transformed into an immortal woman. In her fresh translation of Three Sisters, the Anton Chekhov classic of ennui and frustration, Ruhl employs her signature lyricism and elegant understanding of intimacy to reveal the discontent felt by fretful Olga, unhappy Masha, and idealistic Irina as they long to leave rural Russia for the ever-alluring Moscow.
Sarah Ruhl's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and The Clean House, as well as Passion Play, Dean Man's Cell Phone, Demeter in the City, Eurydice, Melancholy Play, and Late: a cowboy song. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in many theaters around the world.
Critic Reviews
“'Surges along with a sense of energy and excitement... vivacious, energetic and amusing'”
'Surges along with a sense of energy and excitement... vivacious, energetic and amusing'
The Arts Desk on 'Orlando''Captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work... Ruhl writes with the imaginative sweep that allows Woolf's poetry to soar'
Variety on 'Orlando''Potent theatricality... glorious and giddy-making'
Telegraph on 'Orlando''Smart and funny... A dinky version of the story that ekes out every last delicious drop of wit from Woolf's text, as well as the voluptuous beauty of her language. It is an incredibly faithful adaptation by Sarah Ruhl'
Guardian on 'Orlando''Imaginative and entertaining... Woolf's awareness of gender expectations and sheer defiance of them makes Orlando outright sensational... buzzes with energy and pure fairy-tale storytelling'
Broadway World on 'Orlando'About the Author
Sarah Ruhl is an American playwright with 'a unique comic voice, perspective and sense of theatre’ Variety. Her critically acclaimed works include Dead Man’s Cell Phone and The Clean House, a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
"[Ruhl's Orlando ] captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work. . . . Ruhl writes with the imaginative sweep that allows Woolf's poetry to soar."-- Variety "Sarah Ruhl's smart new translation [of Three Sisters ] feels just right to contemporary American ears--lean, colloquial, and conversational for us and true to Chekhov's original work."-- The Cincinnati Enquirer In her stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender-bending, period-hopping novel, award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl "is her usual unfailingly elegant, unbeatably witty self, cleverly braiding her own brand-name wit with Woolf's" ( New York )magazine. Preserving Woolf's vital ideas and lyrical tone, Ruhl brings to the stage the life of an Elizabethan nobleman who's magically transformed into an immortal woman. In her fresh translation of Three Sisters , the Anton Chekhov classic of ennui and frustration, Ruhl employs her signature lyricism and elegant understanding of intimacy to reveal the discontent felt by fretful Olga, unhappy Masha, and idealistic Irina as they long to leave rural Russia for the ever-alluring Moscow. Sarah Ruhl 's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and The Clean House , as well as Passion Play , Dean Man's Cell Phone , Demeter in the City , Eurydice , Melancholy Play , and Late: a cowboy song . She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in many theaters around the world.
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