Brace Up!

The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe. This presentation of the 2003 production of BRACE UP!, designed by Ken Kobland and LeCompte, incorporates close-up recordings of the performers simultaneously with continuous wide-angle footage.

Anna Köhler

(Natalya Ivanovna)

Ari Fliakos

(Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov)

Beatrice Roth

(Irina)

Kate Valk

(Masha / Narrator)

Peyton Smith

Ron Vawter

Scott Shepherd

(Baron Nikolai Lvovich Tusenbach)

Willem Dafoe

(Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin)

Jack Frank

(Bobik)

Josephine Buscemi

(Anfisa)

Paul Lazar

(Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin)

Joel Bassin

(Doctor Ivan Romanovich Chebutykin)

Gary Wilmes

(Vassily Vassilievich Solyony)

Dave Shelley

(Rohde)

Steve Cuiffo

(Fedotik)

Michael Stumm

(Street Musician)

Dominique Bousquet

(Stage Manager / Servant)