Three Sisters
Presented by Mu Performing Arts
Directed by Randy Reyes
Featuring a stunning, all Asian American cast
This unique event includes a reading of an excerpt of THREE SISTERS by a talented all Asian American cast, followed by a talk-back discussing the validity of having other cultures perform Chekhov plays. Is this a uniquely white experience? Are the themes highlighted or diminished by having an all Asian American cast? Can Chekhov sustain mixed culture casting the way that Shakespeare has been able to sustain it? These are just a few of the questions that we'll delve into as we explore the resonance of the Russian master's work with an all Asian American perspective.
Randy Reyes is the Artistic and Producing Associate at Mu Perfoming Arts through the Theater Communications Group New Generations Program. In the Twin Cities, Randy directed CIRCLE AROUND THE ISLAND for Mu at the Guthrie's Dowling Studio, VOICES at the Science Museum of Minnesota, RAVEN and ZOMO at the Mill City Museum, THE SHAPE OF THINGS in the Old Arizona, and TALL TALE OF A BROKE HEART at the Minnesota Fringe 2006. He has assisted Marcela Lorca in CONVERGENCE and POSTCARDS FROM EARTH at the Dowling Studio with the Guthrie Experience. He will be directing GOD SAVE GERTRUDE for the Workhaus Collective at the Playwrights' Center in January 2008. Randy trained at the University of Utah and the Juilliard School.
