Lincoln Center Theater announces initial casting for UNCLE VANYA

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Lincoln Center Theater have announced initial casting today for their upcoming production of Anton Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya, which begins performances on 2 April 2024 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Featuring a new translation by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer, the cast will feature Steve Carell as Vanya in his Broadway debut, alongside William Jackson Harper as Astrov, Jayne Houdyshell as Mama Voinitski, Mia Katigbak as Marina, Alfred Molina as Alexander Serabryakov, Alison Pill as Sonya, and Anika Noni Rose as Yelena. Complete casting will be announced soon.

Sonya (Pill) and her uncle Vanya (Carell) have devoted their lives to managing the family farm in isolation, but when her celebrated, ailing father (Molina) and his charismatic wife (Rose) move in, their lives are upended. In the heat of the summer, the wrong people fall in love, desires and resentments erupt, and the family is forced to reckon with the ghosts of their unlived lives.

This production pairs Chekhov's enduring masterpiece with one of America's most celebrated contemporary playwrights in a strikingly immediate new translation.

Uncle Vanya has set design by Mimi Lien, with costumes by Kaye Voyce, lighting by Lap Chi Chu and Elizabeth Harper, and sound by Mikhail Fiksel and Beth Lake.

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