Title | Fathers and Sons |
Playwright | Valerie Muensterman |
Director | Mary Mayo |
| Stage Manager | Elizabeth Sarsfield |
Category | Gallery, MacVey Theatre |
1st Rehearsal | January 17 |
Tech/Dress | February 21-23 |
| Performances | February 24-26 |
Roles to be Cast | Age (Presentation) | Gender (Presentation) | Description |
| Eugene Bazarov | 24 | Male | A medical student and nihilist YouTuber. Mentor figure to Arkady. Intellectual, fiery, a fighter. Son of Vassily. |
| Arkady Kirsanov | 22 | Male | Recent college grad looking for direction in life. Follower of Bazarov's channel, now his friend. Sweet, hopeful, sensitive. Son of Nikolai. |
Nikolai Kirsanov | 50s | Male | Lifelong auto mechanic. Wants his son to be happy but doesn't want to interfere. Gentle, rough around the edges. Father of Arkady. |
| Fenichka Nikolayevna | 40s | Female | An online adjunct theater teacher. Spends nights teaching students in China the history of theater. Responsible, hardworking, slightly disillusioned. Partner of Nikolai. |
| Pavel Kirsanov | 50s-60s | Male | Real estate investor, Wall-Street type. Wears full suit even though he lives in the country with his brother. Clashes with Bazarov. Brother of Nikolai. Uncle of Arkady. |
| Viktor Sitnikov | 21 | Any | Overeager college student. Took one Intro to Pysch class and now believes free will does not exist. |
| Anna Odinstov | 28 | Female | Polygraphist. One of the few sincerely open-minded people in the world. Shows few prejudices but also few convictions. Confident, witty, intuitive. Intrigued by Bazarov. Sister to Katya. |
| Katya Odintsov | 20 | Female | Hairdresser. Finds it hard to escape from older sister's shadow. Meek, observant, hardheaded. Younger sister of Anna. |
| Vassily Bazarov | 50s-60s | Male | Retired army surgeon. Adoring father of Bazarov, proud his son is following in his line of work. Gregarious, giving, comical. Husband to Arina. |
| Arina Bazarov | 50s-60s | Female | Homemaker. Adoring mother of Bazarov, also afraid of scaring him away. Overbearing but goodhearted. Superstitious, busy, doting. Wife of Vassily. |
| Synopsis | Recent graduate Arkady Kirsanov returns home to his father’s house in the country. With him is his enigmatic friend, Evgeny Bazarov, a nihilist YouTuber. Arkady’s father is shocked to learn his son shares his outlook on life: he rejects art, nature, romanticism of any kind. But practice is messier than theory. The appearance of intelligent Anna Odintsova tests the friends’ convictions. Arkady tries to woo her; however, she takes an interest in Bazarov, who is soon disgusted to realize he has fallen in love. |
| Notices | Intimacy and Fight Choreography: 1) Kissing between Bazarov and Anna. 2) A physical fight between Bazarov and Arkady. 3) Pavel points a gun at Bazarov. For more information about specific moments of intimacy/violence and who is involved in these see here. |
| Important Dates/Holidays | 1/17 Spring Classes Begin, 1/22 Seol-nal. 1/22 Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit), 1/22 Tet Nguyen Dan, 2/5 Thaipusam, 2/2 Groundhog Day, 2/12 Superbowl, 2/20 Tsagaan Sar, 2/14 St. Valentine's Day, 2/15 Nirvana Day, 2/20 Presidents’ Day, 2/18 Lailat al Miraj*, 2/18 Maha Shivaratri, 2/21 Mardi Gras, 2/22 Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent), 2/21 Losar * Holidays marked with an asterisk (*) begin at sundown on the previous day. |
