Even being as into independent theatre as I am, I always seem to miss most of Fringe each year.
Thankfully, I was able to get out to The Kraine with a microphone for just one show in this year’s festival, and had the pleasure of talking with some of the creative people behind this heartbreaking theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Poor Folk, here entitled Poor People.
Listen in as the playwright Lavinia Roberts, creator/director Irene Kapustina, and actors Alan Altschuler, Jarrod Zayas, Jennifer Stepanyk, and Eric Doss discuss adaptation, perception, killer mustaches, the difference between “bad guys” and “guys who make terrible choices,” the challenges of putting up a show in a festival, and the relationship between Dostoyevsky’s 1845 St. PetersburgĀ and our 2015 New York City.
“…I really fell in love with Dostoyevsky’s humanist lens, and how perceptive he is about people, and able to really appreciate them for who they are, even when they behave in dubious ways. He has such a beautiful understanding of humanity…it was just such a really exciting world to dive in to…”
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The Present Theatre Company presents
Poor People
written by Lavinia Roberts
created and directed by Irene Kapustina
part of The New York International Fringe Festival
remaining performances:
Thursday, August 27 @ 7:00PM
Saturday, August 29 @ 5:30PM
The Kraine Theater
85 E. 4th Street
Manhattan
tickets: $18, available via the FringeNYC website
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