In the Saratov Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov showed the play "Last Summer in Chulimsk"

SARATOV. Two evenings in a row, many Saratov spectators came to the Youth Theater, not only to see the performance of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov’s "Last Summer in Chulimsk." Among the participants of the play there were several actors who began their professional career in Saratov, so for the audience it was an opportunity to again see well-known faces on the stage of their city.

This opportunity appeared thanks to the project “Student Experience. The legacy of the master ”, in which Saratov’s viewers are presented by the work of directors who were students of Yuri Petrovich Kiselyov. Yuri Kiselyov led the Youth Theater for over fifty years, while working as a teacher at the Saratov Theater School. After Kiselev passed away, the theater was named after the Stage Master.

This season, the Saratov Youth Theater celebrates two anniversaries - the oldest children’s theater is 95 years old, and one hundred years have passed since the birth of Yuri Kiselev. As part of the celebration of the director’s jubilee, the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov. The director of the play, Sergey Puskepalis, also studied at the Saratov School, on the course of Yuri Kiselev.

Before the start of the first performance in the theater, a press conference was held, where not only the director Sergei Puskepalis, but also the actors of the Moscow Art Theater named after him answered questions from the press. Chekhov. Actors spoke about the work on the production, appreciated the new building of the Youth Theater.

Puskepalis voiced a desire to stage a performance in Saratov, but journalists did not hear anything about the details of future work. But Anatoly Barsukov, director of the Youth Theater, who was present at the meeting, promised that when he becomes aware of something, he will definitely share his knowledge with reporters.

The plot of the play, shown by the actors of the Moscow Art Theater, is known, however, thanks to the excellent play of the actors, there were no indifferent spectators in the hall.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru