The Studio Six Theater Company is a
New York
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-based acting company, founded in 2006. Its members were all trained in the classical
Stanislavsky
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Soviet Russian th ...
method at the School of the
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...
(MXAT), and they are the first group of
American
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students to complete a full four-year course of study at the School. Their focus is to introduce traditional
Russian dramatic theater to the
American
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audience in its native
English.
New York debut
In August 2007, Studio Six performed ''
Too Clever By Half, or The Diary of a Scoundrel'' by
Aleksandr Ostrovsky, as part of the
New York International Fringe Festival.
Baltimore debut
In 2010, the company brought its production ''"...the itsy bitsy spider..."'' directed by
Alexandre Marine
Alexandre Marine (russian: Александр Валентинович Марин; born September 30, 1958, in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia) is a Russian-born actor-director- playwright currently based in Montreal. On April 23, 1993, he was recognized by ...
to Baltimore's Theatre Project, subsequently winning the Best of Baltimore prize for best production.
City Paper announcing 2010 winners
Hidden Fees (a play about money)
In August 2008, Studio Six will return to the New York International Fringe Festival to perform Hidden Fees (a play about money), translated from a script by Russian playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
Victoria Nikiforova.
In the press
''New Yorkers in Moscow follow Stanislavsky's path''
(New York Times: May 21, 2005)
(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)
(CurtainUp.com: August 16, 2007)
References
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External links
Official WebsiteMoscow Art Theatre
(in Russian)
''Too Clever By Half''
(New York International Fringe Festival)
Moscow Art Theatre
Theatre Ensemble in New York City