Studio Six Theater Company
Encyclopedia
The Studio Six Theater Company is a New York
-based acting company, founded in 2006. Its members were all trained in the classical Stanislavsky method
at the School of the Moscow Art Theatre
(MXAT), and they are the first group of American
students to complete a full four-year course of study at the School. Their focus is to introduce traditional Russia
n dramatic theater to the American
audience in its native English
.
by Aleksandr Ostrovsky, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival
.
to Baltimore's Theatre Project, subsequently winning the Best of Baltimore prize for best production.
to perform Hidden Fees (a play about money), translated from a script by Russian
playwright
Victoria Nikiforova.
New York
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-based acting company, founded in 2006. Its members were all trained in the classical Stanislavsky method
Method acting
Method acting is a phrase that loosely refers to a family of techniques used by actors to create in themselves the thoughts and emotions of their characters, so as to develop lifelike performances...
at the School of the Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...
(MXAT), and they are the first group of American
United States
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students to complete a full four-year course of study at the School. Their focus is to introduce traditional Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n dramatic theater to the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
audience in its native English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
New York debut
In August 2007, Studio Six performed Too Clever By Half, or The Diary of a ScoundrelEnough Stupidity in Every Wise Man
Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man is a five-act comedy by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. The play offers a satirical treatment of bigotry and charts the rise of a double-dealer who manipulates other people's vanities...
by Aleksandr Ostrovsky, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
.
Baltimore debut
In 2010, the company brought its production "...the itsy bitsy spider..." directed by Alexandre MarineAlexandre Marine
Alexandre Marine is a Russian-born actor-director-playwright currently based in Montreal.. On April 23, 1993 he was recognized by the Russian government as a Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation....
to Baltimore's Theatre Project, subsequently winning the Best of Baltimore prize for best production.
Hidden Fees (a play about money)
In August 2008, Studio Six will return to the New York International Fringe FestivalNew York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
to perform Hidden Fees (a play about money), translated from a script by Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Victoria Nikiforova.
In the press
- New Yorkers in Moscow follow Stanislavsky's path (New York Times: May 21, 2005)
- US actors make Russian theater their own (Christian Science Monitor: January 31, 2006)
- "Too Clever By Half" reviewed in 2007 New York City Fringe Festival (offoffonline.com: August 12, 2007)
- "Too Clever By Half" reviewed in 2007 New York City Fringe Festival (NYTheatre.com: August 16, 2007)
- "Too Clever By Half" reviewed in 2007 New York City Fringe Festival (CurtainUp.com: August 16, 2007)
External links
- Official Website
- Moscow Art Theatre (in Russian)
- Too Clever By Half (New York International Fringe Festival)