29 September - 29 October, 2023
Director: Francine Sackett Smith
Aaron Posner's delightfully comic contemporary riff, "sort of" adapted from UNCLE VANYA. Runs in repertory with UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov.
Eamon Hyland as Vanya
Lyra McKee as Sonia
Elizabeth Rose as Ella
Mimi Halpern as Babs
Sean Michael McCord as The Professor
Daniel Atwood as Dr. Aster
Sophie Clayton as Pickles
Francine Sackett Smith - Director
Tim White - Assistant Director
Jim Horstkotte - Production Stage Manager
Tom Bloom - Scenic Designer
Amy Goffman - Costume Designer
Becky Brown - Sound Designer
Chase Carson - Lighting Designer
Maggie Rogers - Props Designer
Mimi Halpern - Assistant Costume Designer
Laura Rikard - Intimacy Consultant
Daniel Kunkel - Fight Choreographer
Seven disgruntled old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong enemies gather and grumble, tangle, carouse, yearn for love, and generally contemplate the meaning of it all.
“[LIFE SUCKS.] is altogether wise, profoundly humane, hilarious, quirky, endearing and, in countless clever ways, brilliantly faithful to its source.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
SOLD OUT—2 Performances Added
LIFE SUCKS. opens Saturday, September 30 at 8pm and performs on the following dates:
UNCLE VANYA opens on Friday, September 29 at 8pm and performs on the following dates:
Live Arts will host Free Preview Performances for both shows on the following dates (tickets can be reserved through the Box Office):
