A Benefit Production
Three nights only — every ticket helps us open our doors!
Theater 86 is thrilled to welcome you back into our new home for the next step in this exciting chapter: Anton Chekhov's wickedly funny The Dangers of Tobacco.
A nervous lecturer steps before an audience to deliver a perfectly respectable talk. Under the watchful eye of his formidable wife, he promptly loses the subject, his composure, and very nearly his mind.
In Aleksey Burago's bold two-actor interpretation, a lecture gone wrong becomes a hilarious and unexpectedly moving confession about marriage, misery, and the longing to be free.
Featuring acclaimed performers Tom Schubert and Elena Mindlina, with opera singing and live violin, this intimate theatrical pressure cooker is absurd, explosive, musical, and unmistakably human.
Three nights only. All proceeds from these performances go directly toward furthering Theater 86's buildout of our new home!
Russian Theater Lab: 8 Week Workshop for Actors
With Aleksey Burago
Join us for this 8-week workshop designed to put the principles of theater-making into practice. We will explore some of Stanislavsky’s lesser-discussed ideas, including theater ethics, ensemble work, and finding the joy of acting. Led by critically acclaimed director Aleksey Burago, this workshop examines essential questions: What does it mean to be an actor today? How can we move beyond our own clichés and develop true artistry in our work?
Selected scenes will be featured in an end-of-term presentation for an invited audience.