KELSIE CHANCE (1970 - 2008)
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Kelsie Chance
Chekhov's Mistress |
| 1st Produced: | New Jersey Repertory Company | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | 2 acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1g | |||||
| Notes: | The ACTOR must be able to accomplish the roles of 'Stanley Kowolski' from A Streetcar named Desire, 'Konstantin' from The Sea Gull, and the role of Jacob Adler, Stella's father. The ACTRESS must be able to accomplish the roles of 'Blanche Dubois' from A Streetcar Named Desire, 'Arkadina' from The Sea Gull, and the role of Sara Adler, Stella's mother. Stella Adler @ 8 yrs old must be all-knowing and realize her own power although she is merely a child. She must be able to accomplish the role of 'The Ghost' in Hamlet in its entire unabridged version. When Stella Adler addresses the 'class', she is address the audience. | |||||
| Synopsis: | In April of 1990, in her final moments of her acting and legendary teaching career, Stella Adler helps a young man realize why he is connected to Tennesee Williams, and while doing so, the play swings back to 1909, where Adler finds herself in the Riverside Drive Apartment as she tries to direct herself as a child in her electrifying childhood, as the young man reminds her why she is so connected to her father, Jacob Adler. | |||||
