Three Sisters extends run by two weeks

The Classic Stage Company (CSC) has extended its production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters by two weeks, through to 6 Mar 2011. The show will not extend beyond this date.

The production, which begins previews on 12 Jan 2011, features Maggie Gyllenhaal (Masha), Josh Hamilton (Andre), Jessica Hecht (Olga), Marin Ireland (Natasha), Juliet Rylance (Irina) and Peter Sarsgaard (Vershinin).

Also featured in the cast are Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Tuesenbach), Anson Mount (Solyony), Roberta Maxwell (Anfisa), Louis Zorich (Chebutykin), George Morfogen (Ferapont), Paul Lazar (Kulygin), Gabe Bettio (Rode) and James Patrick Nelson (Fedotik).

Three Sisters will be directed by Austin Pendleton, who also directed Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard in CSC's 2009 production of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya.' The production will feature a translation by Paul Schmidt. The play's official opening is scheduled for for 3 Feb 2011.

Three Sisters: A year after the death of their father, an army officer, the Moscow-bred sisters Prosorov - Olga, Masha and Irina -are finding life drab and increasingly hopeless in a Russian provincial town.

Three Sisters continues CSC's commitment to its Chekhov Initiative, which began five years ago during their First Look Festival reading series.

This continued with their first main production of 'The Seagull,' starring Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming, followed by their acclaimed production in 2009 of 'Uncle Vanya,' which featured many of the cast members who will be appearing in Three Sisters.