Brace Up! (1993)
The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe. This presentation of the 2003 production of BRACE UP!, designed by Ken Kobland and LeCompte, incorporates close-up recordings of the performers simultaneously with continuous wide-angle footage.
Directors: Elizabeth LeCompte, Ken Kobland.
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Anna Köhler as Natalya Ivanovna |
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Ari Fliakos as Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov |
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Beatrice Roth as Irina |
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Kate Valk as Masha / Narrator |
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Peyton Smith as |
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Ron Vawter as |
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Scott Shepherd as Baron Nikolai Lvovich Tusenbach |
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Willem Dafoe as Colonel Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin |
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Jack Frank as Bobik |
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Josephine Buscemi as Anfisa |
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Paul Lazar as Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin |
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Joel Bassin as Doctor Ivan Romanovich Chebutykin |
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Gary Wilmes as Vassily Vassilievich Solyony |
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Dave Shelley as Rohde |
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Steve Cuiffo as Fedotik |
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Michael Stumm as Street Musician |
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Dominique Bousquet as Stage Manager / Servant |
| Camera | Ken Kobland | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jim Clayburgh | Set Designer |
| Directing | Elizabeth LeCompte | Director |
| Directing | Clay Hapaz | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Suzzy Roche | Music |
| Crew | Steve Buscemi | Thanks |
| Editing | Ken Kobland | Editor |
| Directing | Ken Kobland | Director |
| Crew | Clay Hapaz | Dramaturgy |
| Sound | Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris | Music |
| Crew | Paul Schmidt | Translator |
| Production | Iver Findlay | Production Manager |
| Sound | Terre Roche | Music |
| Sound | John Lurie | Music |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Theatre Play |