![]() He is very excited, but also a little nervous. Noto, who plays the role of Baron Tuzenbach, said this is his first time being a part of a Chekhov play. “For example, there is a kiss in the script however, we obviously aren’t able to do that, so blocking was changed.”Įven though the performance will be live streamed, the actors will wear masks or face shields designed so that the audience can see the performers’ faces. ![]() “We have had to alter specific moments in the script,” Noto said. ![]() “There are changes to some character names, the language, and the overall setting of the show as we are placing it in the 1990s,” said Mario Noto, one of the main actors in “The Prozorovs.” “The content of the show overall remains the same however, it’s altered to live in a more modern time.” The original “Three Sisters” production was first performed in Moscow in 1901.Īll of the 13 characters in “The Prozorovs” are played by students at Ball State, who have rehearsed for nearly six weeks and had to overcome the challenges of producing a show during a pandemic. The newly adapted show by Department of Theater Instructor Dee Dee Batteast follows the original structure of “Three Sisters” as it tells the stories of the Prozorov siblings, but it is set in the 1990s. Ball State’s University Theater series production, “The Prozorovs,” based on Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” will debut April 1 on a livestream from Ball State University. ![]()
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