Neva at The Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre at the Paramount Center

ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents Neva. In a politically charged, haunting meditation on theatre and the revolutionary impulse, Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón’s Neva tells the story of Anton Chekhov’s widow, the actress Olga Knipper, who arrives in a dimly lit rehearsal room in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1905. As Olga and two other actors await the rest of the cast, they huddle together, act out scenes from their lives and muse on their art form and love—while, unseen, striking workers are being gunned down in the streets by the Tsarist regime. This satirical yet intense performance savagely examines the relationship between theatre and historical context.
APR 03 @ 7PM
APR 04 @ 7:30PM
APR 05 @ 8PM
APR 06 @ 8PM
APR 07 @ 2PM