Theaterlab Presents THREE SISTERS COME AND GO 5/12 - 27

Theaterlab, the experimental company founded by Carlo Altomare and Orietta Crispino, kicks off its 2010 season with the world premiere of THREE SISTERS COME AND GO, a piece based on the texts of Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett and French philosopher Julia Kristeva and directed by Crispino. Previews begin May 12th at Theaterlab (137 West 14th Street) before an official opening May 14th and is scheduled to close on May 27th. All performances are at 8 p.m and the $30 tickets are available to be purchase at the website: www.theaterlabnyc.com.

THREE SISTERS COME AND GO is inspired by French philosopher Julia Kristeva, who argues that people live under a crisis of disappearance and representation which compels us toward silence, paralysis, and ultimately a melancholia of longing. She speaks in favor of "jouissance" (joy) to be discovered through a new vision of being - perhaps through the paradox of the actor's art.

Set between the apparently opposite poles of Chekhov and Beckett, the piece follows the lives of the three archetypical Chekhovian women and their desire to reconstitute their lives beyond their sense of profound loss. They inhabit a space in which "character" is the very thing that they cannot escape. Yet, in the still geometry of Beckett's Come and Go the narrative escapes the stage, opening a door to ambiguity, inviting both actor and audience to examine a trajectory of refreshed desire.

The piece was devised through a collective process among director Orietta Crispino (who conceived the piece), Italian dramaturg Marco Casazza, and the three actresses: Liza CassidyClaire Helene, and Jackie Lowe (Broadway: The Tap Dance Kid, Ain't Misbehavin, Eubie, The First, and Wind in the Willows). All of the text is drawn from Beckett's Come and Go, and the voices of the women from Chekhov's major plays.

THREE SISTERS COME AND GO is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Come and Go is presented through special arrangement with Georges Borchardt, Inc. on behalf of the Estate of Samuel Beckett.