The Seagull by Anton
Chekhov
Directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Katya
Kamotskaia
From the director, Katya Kamotskaia (Davis, 2010):
“My production is about eternal
questions – faith, life, love, creativity…passion and
pain…theatre, writing, destiny, glory…and more love…and
“the ability to endure and bear your cross.” Come along and see
what we mean!”
“I am writing a play not without
pleasure, though I swear frightfully at the conventions of the
stage. It’s a comedy, there are four acts, landscapes – a
view over a lake, a great deal of conversation about literature,
little action, tons of love…”
Russian born, Katya Kamotskaia, has been acting
and teaching internationally for the last 25 years. She started
her professional training in the Youth Theatre Studio, led by
leading actor-director, Oleg Tabakov (now Artistic Director of
the Moscow Art Theatre) (MXAT). From there, she won a place in
Vakhtangov’s School (now called Schukin’s College). During her
training, she took part in the Grotowski Theatre-Laboratory
workshop entitled The Tree of People (Dzevo Ludzi). Herein began
her own unique combining of Stanislavski and Grotowski.
