Reading

Required Reading for Actors

Reading that must be purchased:

1. Anton Chekhov’s Major Plays (Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard
2. An Actor’s Work: A Student's Diary by Konstantin Stanislavsky
3. My Life in Art by Konstantin Stanislavsky (Jean Benedetti translation)
4. Konstantin Stanislavsky by Bella Merlin
5. To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov

Reading provided below:

1. “The Last Decade: Stanislavsky and Stalinism” by Anatoly Smeliansky
2. “Russian Theatre in the Post-Communist Era” by Anatoly Smeliansky
3. “Russian Theatre and Western Theatres" by Robert Leach
4. Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov
5. “Founders of Russian Actor Training” by Vreneli Farber
6. “First Year and a Little of Second Year” by Vreneli Farber

All responses must be sent to monthinmoscow@gmail.com and should be at least 250 words in length.

Required Reading for Designers

Reading that must be purchased:

1. Anton Chekhov’s Major Plays (Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard
2. My Life in Art by Konstantin Stanislavsky (Jean Benedetti translation)
3. Konstantin Stanislavsky by Bella Merlin

Reading provided below:

1. “The Last Decade: Stanislavsky and Stalinism” by Anatoly Smeliansky
2. “Russian Theatre in the Post-Communist Era” by Anatoly Smeliansky
3. “Russian Theatre and Western Theatres" by Robert Leach

All responses must be sent to monthinmoscow@gmail.com and should be at least 250 words in length.