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  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Also by the Author
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Introduction
  8. Sigourney Weaver's Speech
  9. Halftitle
  10. Production Credits
  11. Characters
  12. ACT I
  13. ACT II
  14. Back Cover

So I am delighted that you have recognized the substance, the rele­vance, and the craftsmanship of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, in spite of the fact that the play is an unabashed crowd pleaser, playing nightly to ecstatic sold-out crowds who have only one complaint—that their faces ache from laughing so much even as they are crying their hearts out. It is recognition not only well-deserved but long overdue.

I am enormously proud to present the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play of 2013, for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, to the prodigiously talented Christopher Durang.

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Production Credits

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike was commissioned by McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey and received its world premiere with previews beginning on September 7, 2012, and opening on September 14, 2012. Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director; Mara Isaacs, Producing Director. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin; scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, original music and sound design by Mark Bennett, casting by Daniel Swee, assistant director was Bryan Hunt; the production stage manager was Cheryl Mintz. Director of Production was David York, Literary Director was Carrie Hughes, Associate Producer was Adam Immerwahr. McCarter Theatre Center coproduced the production with Lincoln Center Theater.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike received its New York City premiere at Lincoln Center Theater with previews beginning on October 25, 2012, and opening on November 12, 2012. Andre Bishop, Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer; Adam Siegel, Managing Director in association with McCarter Theatre Center with previews beginning on October 25, 2012, and opened on November 12, 2012. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin; scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, original music and sound design by Mark Bennett, casting by Daniel Swee; the dramaturg was Anne Cattaneo, and the stage manager was Jane Grey.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike moved to Broadway and played at the Golden Theatre in New York City with previews beginning on beginning on March 5, 2013, and opening on March 14, 2013. The play was produced by Joey Parnes, Larry Hirschhorn, and Joan Raffe/Jhett Tolentino, Martin Platt & David Elliott, Pat Flicker Addiss, Catherine Adler, John O’Boyle, Joshua Goodman, Jamie deRoy/Richard Winkler, Cricket Hooper Jiranek/Michael Palitz, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Shawdowcatcher Entertainment, Mary Cossette/Barbara Manocherian, Megan Savage/Meredith Lynsey Schade, Hugh Hysell/Richard Jordan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons, S. D. Wagner, and John Johnson, in association with McCarter Theatre Center and Lincoln Center Theater.

The production was directed by Nicholas Martin, scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, original music and sound design by Mark Bennett, casting by Daniel Swee; the production stage manager was Denise Yaney, the stage manager was M. A. Howard, and the assistant director was Bryan Hunt.