Quotidian Theatre Company to Present THE LADY WITH THE LITTLE DOG

Quotidian Theatre Company continues its dynamic 2016 season with the lovely and haunting The Lady With the Little Dog, adapted from the beloved short story and directed by Stephanie Mumford.

Two strangers in 1901 Yalta - one seeking to escape his boring Moscow routine, the other in quest of a meaningful life beyond Saratov - discover what they have been searching for in each other. But, can they hold on to it? Anton Chekhov's classic short story - his quotidian take on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina - receives an imaginative staging with live classical Russian music.

Coming off the Helen Hayes-recommended production of her adaptation of Chekhov's A Little Trick, Mumford uses Russian classical music and artworks by Aivazovsky to create the setting for this classic love story.

"I wanted to take a story I felt deeply about, and bring it to life," says Mumford. "There are so many elements of beauty and passion that leap off the page for the reader; the best way, I felt, was to adapt it into a theatrical experience, complete with music and art - elements that Chekhov references throughout. It will be a unique, imaginative piece with some delightful surprises, and at the same time in keeping with Quotidian's intimate stagings about the truth and beauty in the everyday."

The Lady With the Little Dog opens on July 8, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and runs through August 7.

Our mission at Quotidian Theatre Company is to find truth and beauty in the everyday, presenting plays in an understated, impressionistic style. We are proud to be the Resident Theater Company at our performance space, The Writer's Center in Bethesda.

Performance Information

Dates & Times - Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm with an added 2pm Saturday matinee on 6 August

Venue - 4508 Walsh Street in Bethesda, MD 20815 (at the Writer's Center, where QTC is the resident theater company)

Prices - $30 Regular, $25 Seniors, and $15 Students/Writer Center Members

Tickets for the general public are available at Brown Paper Tickets (http://qtclady.bpt.me/) or by calling the Quotidian Theatre Company box office at 301-816-1023.

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