ATA PRESENTS
A Double Bill of Classics
Directed by Sean Szak Prasso
The First Warning By August Strindberg
The Proposal By Anton Chekhov
Runtime. 80 minutes with brief intermissoin.
The First Warning By August Strindberg
When a middle aged man decides to leave his unhappy marriage, his escape is complicated by the unexpected advances of his landlady and her teenage daughter.
Synopsis: Axel, a middle aged man, and his younger wife, Olga, are spending a vacation at a house in Germany. Their fifteen year marriage is plagued by constant bickering. Driven to his limit, Axel begins packing his bags, determined to leave her, but his departure is complicated by the unwanted romantic advances of their landlady, the Baroness, and her teenage daughter, Rosa.
Cast
Jean-Marie Stodolski as The Wife
Dustin Pazar as The Husband
Amy Losi as The Baroness
Annie Unger as Rose
The Proposal By Anton Chekhov
A nervous landowner arrives at his neighbor’s home intending to propose marriage, but a petty argument spirals and threatens to derail the proposal.
Synopsis: Ivan Lomov visits his neighbor, Stepan Chubukov, to propose to his daughter, Natalya. But Lomov’s hypochondria and anxious disposition quickly derail his romantic intentions, as their attempts at courtship repeatedly devolve into heated arguments.
Cast
Dustin Pazar as Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov
Jonathan Beebe as Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov
Annie Unger as Natalya Stepanovna