Shareholders: Wes Jacks '06, Jason Roberts '05, Danny Lippert '06
The Proposal
Chubukov: Mark Mattern '06
Natalya Stepanovna: Amy Young
Lomov: Denis Farr '06
Production Assistance
Light Board Operator: Richard Winters '06
Sound Board Operator: Sterling Carter '07
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is known principally for his full-length plays — The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, and The Seagull — but early in his career he wrote several farcical one-acts he dubbed "vaudevilles." Each of these short plays deals with a subject that Chekhov would continue to explore in his later, more famous work: love, in all its manifestations. The Proposal deals with a heated property dispute that derails a marriage proposal with outrageously funny consequences.In The Bear, an enraged creditor falls spontaneously in love with his debtor's widow as she vehemently refuses to pay her deceased husband's debt. These two short witty plays, rife with characteristically Chekhovian insight, will share a bill with Chekhov's The Alien Corn, On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, and A Jubilee, plays of explosive relationships and comic anarchy.
This page is part of an ongoing project to document the history of the theatre productions performed at Wabash College. If you have information not included on this page, please contact the Theater Department or Professor Dwight Watson (watsond@wabash.edu).
