When attending this performance by Rimas Tuminas, the audience is likely to not recognize familiar characters, and the words that have become catchphrases will sound unexpectedly. The thing is, the director read Chekhov's play from a blank slate, as if no one had staged it before him. There are no domestic symbols on stage, only human passions, broken dreams, and unfulfilled hopes. It becomes clearer than ever: Chekhov's plays are precursors to the theater of the absurd, where one thinks one thing, says another, and does a third. Rimas Tuminas's performance tells what Chekhov's characters think and what they confess only when they experience an internal earthquake. It is evident that the director and the actors love their characters - very different, lonely, sometimes absurd, and even funny. It is worth remembering that Chekhov considered his plays comedies, even though they are filled with suffering and end poignantly sadly. Rimas Tuminas tries to decipher the essence and justify the genre declared by the playwright. For details and to buy tickets, visit the website. Stay tuned for updates on.