Karen Sunde

Anton, Himself: First & Last (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A Solo Play - Anton, Himself: First & Last

The 2nd most produced playwright in the world
finds you in his study
and confides in you

Your First act happens October 18, 1896, the day after Chekhov's disastrous opening of The Seagull.
Your Last act happens January 16, 1904, the day before Chekhov's triumphant & final opening - of The Cherry Orchard.

Both days are challenging in the extreme, but essential to him, and for us.

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Production History

Anton, Himself (First) was commissioned and produced by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, published in Moscow Art Theatre, a monograph for ATL's Russian Classics in Context Festival

Then it was exported by Artistic Director Oleg Yefremov to his Moscow Art Theatre, and to the Yalta Festival in Russia.

Next it was performed at Peoples Light & Theatre Company, Malvern PA, together with Masha, Too, which PLT had commissioned to accompany it, and then at the Chekhov Now Festival in New York, and the Vancouver Fringe Festival.

Anton, Himself (Last) was commissioned by and produced at
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI to accompany Anton, Himself (First).

What Else They Say about Anton:

"Sunde opens the door for us upon that fascinating, tangled world of the writer in his most intimate moments of creating new work. ...what adds great richness to the underlying comedy is...that here (he) will turn his uncertain career around."

Roger Ellis, ed, Scenes and Monologs From The Best New Plays, Meriwether Publishing.

"An evening in the mind of...Chekhov. ...beautifully sublime portrayal of a man"
CFRO 102.7 FM Vancouver

"You don't have to like Chekhov to love Anton, Himself ...Sunde credibly takes us to 1896... A compelling performance... The audience loved this production."
The Fringe Review, Vancouver

"Torn between his passion and his pragmatism...an intensely personal side of the author is revealed...a real treat."
Terminal City, Vancouver

"With a voice both poetic and theatrical... (Sunde's is) a distinctive, even unique, contemporary American drama, more akin to European than to other American plays. ...she chooses personal canvases upon which to paint her funny, thrilling, searing, moving scenes. ...

"While viewers need know nothing about Chekhov to enjoy (Anton, Himself), Sunde interlards the action with jokes...intriguing to knowledgeable viewers.

"In inquiring about our past, Sunde remarks upon our future. That she does so with a sure histrionic sense is a guarantee that her work will endure in the American theatre after our more commercial fare has proven ephemeral."
Contemporary Dramatists, London

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Karen Sunde
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781370056637
• Artikelnr.: 52401563

Autorenporträt

An actor turned writer, Karen performed many leading roles Off-Broadway, and was Associate Director of CSC Repertory. Her plays have been performed Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, on a USA tour, and in eleven countries and seven languages. Sunde's first screenplay, UNDERCOVER PATRIOT was a finalist at Sundance. She wrote PARALLEL LOVES for Terra Bella Entertainment, Los Angeles; BOULE DE SUIF (adapt Maupassant) for Dace Direction, London; DREAM HOUSE for Passport Films, NYC; THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE for Howard S Shulman Productions, NYC; THE SECRET SHIP; FINAL QUEST: THE MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS; TRIPPING TAMMY; CHICKS GOTTA SWIM; LOVE HITS EARTH (& Other Disasters); NEXT!; adaptations of HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, screenplay an "Official Selection" at Oaxaca FilmFest, www.AbrahamFilm.org, and IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA, won the Gold Prize at Hollywood Screenplay Contest. Published plays: DARK LADY, produced Abbey Theatre, Ireland, Aalborg State Theatre, Denmark, optioned for film; BALLOON, won three VILLAGER awards Off-Broadway, nominated Best Play by Outer Critics Circle, aired Radio France; HAITI: A DREAM in FACING FORWARD, produced Seven Stages, Atlanta, aired WNYC, WHYY, NPR; TO MOSCOW, premiered Ankara National Theatre, Turkey, Chain Lightning, New York; OH WILD WEST WIND in ROWING TO AMERICA, produced Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (PTNJ). PLAYS BY KAREN SUNDE includes TRUTH TAKES A HOLIDAY, read La MaMa, New York City (NYC); IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA produced PTNJ, HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, produced PTNJ, Praxis Theatre Project, NYC, premiered at The Unicorn, Kansas City. ANTON, HIMSELF for Actors Theatre of Louisville, also played The Moscow Art Theatre, the Yalta Festival in Russia, Peoples Light and Theatre, NYU in New York. THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE produced Luna Stage, NJ, Praxis, NYC, Edinburgh Festival (2010); KABUKI OTHELLO, produced People's Light and Theatre Company and Annenberg Center, Philadelphia; Wisdom Bridge, Chicago; KABUKI LADY MACBETH produced Chicago Shakespeare Theater, cited for five JEFF Awards, including "Best New Work," Best Production," "Best Direction:" IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA. Scenes from TO MOSCOW; ANTON, HIMSELF; MASHA, TOO; and ABRAHAM appear in SCENES & MONOLOGS FROM THE BEST NEW PLAYS. Among 23 plays--for Actors Theatre of Louisville; People's Light and Theatre; The Acting Company, NYC, Sunde wrote KABUKI MACBETH, KABUKI KING RICHARD and ACHILLES, which toured Hungar...