Presented by Brown Box Theatre Project
by Stephen Dietz
Directed by Kyler Taustin
Davis Square Theatre
Somerville, MA
May 9-12 & 16-19, 2013
Ocean City Center for the Arts
502 94th St
Ocean City, MD
Maryland: June 8-11
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Review by Kitty Drexel
The Nina Variations is a strange little nugget of show presented for the approval of Anton Chekhov devotees. The plot re-imagines the last scene of The Seagull 42 different ways. It manifests on stage all possible and impossible permutations of the final scene. Three different actresses playing Nina and one actor as Boris Trigorin examine all aspects of the couple’s “love story” (Is this how people in love treat each other? Really? Ok, fine.). The result is a live fanfiction demonstration wrapped in a buttery layer of honed acting technique. Continue reading