"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."— Chicago Tribune "I've seen over a dozen Three Sisters , but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard. It's the cumulative effect of . . . searing truth-telling—from Letts, who knows family dysfunction as only the author of August: Osage County can, and Chekhov, the good doctor who diagnoses all our weaknesses that are so strong."— Chicago Theater Beat When the champion of modern family drama takes on the genre's patriarch, the result is an energetic and vitalizing adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's most beloved plays. A cruder, gruffer outline of the plight of the wistful Prozorov sisters serves to emphasize the anguish of their Chekhovian stagnation. This latest work from Letts envisions the revered classic through a fresh lens that revives the passionate characters and redoubles the tragic effect of their stunted dreams. Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County . His other plays include Superior Donars; Pulitzer Prize-finalist Man from Nebraska; Killer Joe , which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film; and Bug , which has played in New York, Chicago and London and was adapted into a film. Letts garnered a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? “Zestier and more colloquial than most translations… Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active.” – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune “A no-nonsense script by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Tracy Letts that blends compassion with tough love. Repeatedly, Letts delivers heartbreak on cue… I’ve seen over a dozen Three Sisters , but never has the final scene of the sisters’ solidarity after all the blows we see them suffer registered so hard.” – Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Theater Beat "Highly recommended... Fascinating revival... has a speed and light, a sharpness and edgy heart that make it newly compelling." – Chicago Sun-Times “Refreshingly blunt, provocative.” – Sam Hurwitt, The Reporter “Zestier and more colloquial than most translations… Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active.” – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune “A no-nonsense script by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Tracy Letts that blends compassion with tough love. Repeatedly, Letts delivers heartbreak on cue… I’ve seen over a dozen Three Sisters , but never has the final scene of the sisters’ solidarity after all the blows we see them suffer registered so hard.” – Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Theater Beat "Highly recommended... Fascinating revival... has a speed and light, a sharpness and edgy heart that make it newly compelling." – Chicago Sun-Times “Refreshingly blunt, provocative.” – Sam Hurwitt, The Reporter Tracy Letts  was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for  August: Osage County  which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007 and later played on Broadway, at London's National Theatre, and at theatres around the United States and internationally. In 2013,  August: Osage County  became a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Other writing credits include  Man from Nebraska ,  Killer Joe ,  Bug  and  Superior Donuts . He has been an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2002. As an actor, he was awarded a 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . His screen acting credits include a starring role on  Homeland.   Dassia N. Posner  (dramaturgical translator) is Associate Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University. Her books include  The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde  (2016) ,  which analyzes the directing innovations of Meyerhold, Tairov, and Eisenstein, and  The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance  (2014, co-edited with Claudia Orenstein and John Bell) .   Recent dramaturgy projects include  Grand Concourse, Russian Transport , and  Three Sisters  at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.