Neva: A Bilingual Edition

A politically charged, haunting interrogation of theatre and the revolutionary impulse. This bilingual edition includes the play in its original Spanish as well as Andrea Thorne's English-language translation.

It is the winter of 1905, and three actors, including Anton Chekhov's widow, the actress Olga Knipper, gather in a dimly-lit rehearsal room in St Petersburg to rehearse scenes from The Cherry Orchard as Russia faces an impending revolution.

Neva is a savage examination of the relationship between theatre and historical context. It received its English-language premiere at The Public Theater in New York in 2013, directed by the author.

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