June 30: Lewis & Clark College in collaboration with PETE presents:
SEAGULL staged reading, directed by Rebecca Lingafelter
as part of CHEKHOV IN THE 21ST CENTURY A SYMPOSIUM June 27-30
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This symposium featured readings of Štĕpán Šimek’s new translations of Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard, in addition to presentations and panel discussions on Chekhov in contemporary translation, Chekhov’s dramaturgy, Chekhov in performance, and Chekhov in contemporary Russia.
Speakers and presenters included: Misha Berson (Seattle Times, American Theatre), Mark Jenkins (University of Washington, Seagull Project), Lue Douthit (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Dmitri Troyanovsky (Russian director/translator), Yuri Corrigan (Boston University, Harvard), John Schmor (University of Oregon), Daniel Pollack-Pelzner (Linfield College), Benjamin Fainstein (Portland Center Stage), Stefka Mihaylova (Seattle), The Seagull Project (Seattle), and a keynote speech by Libby Appel (Oregon Shakespeare Festival).