A family of three girls searches for the meaning of life in the Messiah College production of “The Three Sisters”
October 23rd, 2008
GRANTHAM, Pa. (Oct. 23, 2008) — Follow the story of three educated and cultured young women searching to find meaning in each of their lives in Messiah College theatre department’s production of “The Three Sisters.” The play will be performed Nov. 13-15 and 20-22 at 8:00 p.m and Nov. 16 and 23 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Each show will be performed in Miller Auditorium in the Climenhega Fine Arts Center on the college’s Grantham campus. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and can be purchased by calling the ticket office at (717) 691-6036 or www.messiah.edu/tickets.
About the production
Anton Chekov’s “The Three Sisters” follows Olga, Masha and Irina Prozorov, three sisters who are stuck in a provincial Russian town dreaming of moving back to Moscow, the city where they grew up. Like other Chekhov plays, “The Three Sisters” examines the decaying privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. With one sister in a dead-end job and one in a dead-end relationship, the future looks grim. Amidst endless boredom with short spurts of violent chaos, the three women are forced to determine their own future. This work, written specifically for the Moscow Art Theatre, was first performed in 1901 and has been challenging audiences and artists alike ever since. Messiah’s production of the Three Sisters is directed by Kristopher Yoder, a professional actor and teaching instructor at Messiah College.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 2,800 undergraduate students in more than 60 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.