Uncle Vanya Presentation with Alberto Isaac, Deidre Henry, and Libby Appel

The Working Actor's Journey

We have our first workshop scene NOT from Shakespeare, and there’s a great reason! From October 2021, we present a deep dive into the first half of Act 2 from Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya with director Libby Appel - who wrote the translation along with our dramaturg!

Uncle Vanya - excerpt of Act 2

• DIRECTOR: Libby Appel (Q&A)
• DRAMATURG: Allison Horsley
• VOICE: Ursula Meyer
• PROFESSOR: Alberto Isaac (interview)
• SONYA: Deidrie Henry
• MARINA: Jully Lee
• VANYA: Howard Leder
• YELENA: Sara Mountjoy-Pepka
• ASTROV: Corey Hedy

One final thing I’ll leave you with before we get to it is that Sara mentions toward the end that Libby asks such great questions, which is really the basis of any deep work, creative or otherwise. What questions do you need to be asking yourself, and as an actor, how far are you willing to push yourself to find answers?

Fantastic work after only a few weeks of rehearsals; listen in to the cast and director continue to discuss the process. Part of The Rehearsal Room series. Prefer to watch the session? Find it here on YouTube!

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