WHAT WE'RE DOING
For fall 2017, Fortune’s Fool Theatre will produce the world premiere of a new musical, The Lady with a Lap Dog, book and lyrics by Daniel Pinkerton (YARRRH! The Lusty, Busty Pirate Musical, Beaverdance!, Chopin's Heart) and music by Robert Elhai (C., Twisted Apples, arrangements for Glensheen), adapted from the story by Anton Chekhov. It will be performed at the Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis for 8 performances only from September 15-24.
The Lady with a Lap Dog is an intimate, 75-minute musical about the transformative power of love, based on the classic short story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Two people meet in the resort town of Yalta in summer 1899. They were both married at a young age to people who were strangers at the time. As they get to know one another, they discover that, for the first time, they have someone with whom they can speak easily of wants, needs, joys, and fears. This revelation changes them. They not only have an extramarital affair, they begin to look at the world, their relationships, and ultimately themselves with fresh eyes, and question everything. How does one find a balance between desire and responsibility? What does it mean to be virtuous? Can an act of unselfish love be a mistake?
September 15, 16, 17, 18; 21, 22, 23, 24.
Performances at 8:00 pm evenings and 3:00 pm Sundays.
Tickets: $18 general / $16 students, seniors, and Fringe button holders
Pay What You Can performance September 18
For tickets: 612-874-6338 or www.openeyetheatre.org
CAST:
Joel Liestman* --- Dmitri
Laurel Anderson --- Mrs. Prozorov, Dasha, and others
Andrea Leap --- Anna
*member, Actors Equity
Director --- Nicole Wilder
Music Director --- Jill Dawe
Stage Manager --- Megen Ealain
Lighting Designer --- Ariel Leaf
Costume Designer --- CJ Mantel
For fall 2017, Fortune’s Fool Theatre will produce the world premiere of a new musical, The Lady with a Lap Dog, book and lyrics by Daniel Pinkerton (YARRRH! The Lusty, Busty Pirate Musical, Beaverdance!, Chopin's Heart) and music by Robert Elhai (C., Twisted Apples, arrangements for Glensheen), adapted from the story by Anton Chekhov. It will be performed at the Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis for 8 performances only from September 15-24.
The Lady with a Lap Dog is an intimate, 75-minute musical about the transformative power of love, based on the classic short story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Two people meet in the resort town of Yalta in summer 1899. They were both married at a young age to people who were strangers at the time. As they get to know one another, they discover that, for the first time, they have someone with whom they can speak easily of wants, needs, joys, and fears. This revelation changes them. They not only have an extramarital affair, they begin to look at the world, their relationships, and ultimately themselves with fresh eyes, and question everything. How does one find a balance between desire and responsibility? What does it mean to be virtuous? Can an act of unselfish love be a mistake?
September 15, 16, 17, 18; 21, 22, 23, 24.
Performances at 8:00 pm evenings and 3:00 pm Sundays.
Tickets: $18 general / $16 students, seniors, and Fringe button holders
Pay What You Can performance September 18
For tickets: 612-874-6338 or www.openeyetheatre.org
CAST:
Joel Liestman* --- Dmitri
Laurel Anderson --- Mrs. Prozorov, Dasha, and others
Andrea Leap --- Anna
*member, Actors Equity
Director --- Nicole Wilder
Music Director --- Jill Dawe
Stage Manager --- Megen Ealain
Lighting Designer --- Ariel Leaf
Costume Designer --- CJ Mantel
