<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";" class=""><b class="">FOR</b> <b class="">IMMEDIATE</b> <b class="">RELEASE </b>February 15, 2022 <br class="">
PRESS CONTACT Thomas Q. Fulton <a href="%22mailto:" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><i class="">–tomtq2@gmail.com</i></span></a><i class=""> </i>440-247-2072 x4334</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 40.5px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class="">ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS <br class="">
Presents</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class="">
</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal;" class="">THE THREE SISTERS</span><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><br class="">
</span>By Anton Chekhov<br class="">
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Production Dates: February 25, 26, 27 - 2022 <br class="">
Friday 7:30, Saturday. 7:30 , Sunday Matinee 2:30</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO — <span style="text-decoration: underline" class="">The Academy for the Performing Arts, </span>located in the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center is proud to present Anton Chekhov’s most powerful and moving play, THE THREE SISTERS . For the uninitiated, Anton Chekhov is now widely recognized as one of the great playwrights of the modern theatre. His most notable works include The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters which was first performed in 1901. </div><p style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">This production marks the fourth fully mounted Chekhov play at the Academy in the past 15 years; the first being – The Three Sisters in 2010 and The Cherry Orchard in 2013 and the Seagull in 2018.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">THE THREE SISTERS will perform in the Studio Theatre at the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center – 400 East Washington Street, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 44022</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">THE STORY<br class="">
Three Sisters tells the story of three cultured and educated sisters: Olga, Masha and Irina. They live in a family estate in a provincial Russian town miles from Moscow. The girls dream of returning home to Moscow, to their childhood home, where they were happy and full of youthful hope. But now, in the face of the relentless flow of love, life and family worries, their dreams are put on hold as they struggle to survive living in the provinces. It’s a story of love and dreams passed by. <span style="color: #181818" class="">Chekhov masterfully interweaves character and theme in subtle ways that make the work's finale seem as inevitable as it is deeply moving. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);" class="">Despite Chekhov’s undeserved reputation for writing plays with no drama, The Three Sisters is packed with action and emotion, including two tumultuous affairs, a fire that devastates the nearby town, and a duel that ends in the death of a major character.</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); min-height: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 22.5px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Tickets for THE THREE SISTERs can be purchased online at <a href="http://www.chagrinacademy.org" class="">www.chagrinacademy.org</a>. <br class="">
Tickets <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$12 for students and seniors; $15 for adults<br class="">
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</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">THE DIRECTOR</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">
The THREE SISTERS is directed by Tom Fulton; director of the Academy for the Performing Arts. Mr. Fulton is a professional director, actor and arts educator. Since 1975, he has been front and center on the Northeast Ohio theatre scene. He served as Artistic Director for several professional theatre companies – Center Repertory Theatre, Playhouse Square; the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Cain Park Summer theatre and the Cleveland Theatre company. He founded and developed the theatre curriculum for the Academy for the Performing Arts. Mr. Fulton is well known for his work on Chekhov in the professional theatre. He has received many awards and commendations for the rich ensemble work required of Chekhov’s great plays.<br class="">
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THE COMPANY</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="">The cast of THE THREE SISTERS is made up of company members of the Academy for the Performing Arts. This production is developed according to the training protocols used at the Academy to develop actors and theatrical artists who seek to find truth in each moment through physical action. The young artists of the Academy consistently imbue their work with astonishing depth and transformation. </div></body></html>