Seattle Weekly Reviews Uncle Vanya

Another great review! Seattle Weekly‘s Mark Baumgarten was particularly taken by the physicality of Joseph’s Vanya, which he thought was balanced well by Carter’s more nonchalant Astrov.

The first thing you notice about Akropolis Performance Lab’s Uncle Vanya is the sheer physicality of its Vanya, played by Joseph Lavy.

 

Read the entire review here:
“Opening Nights: Uncle Vanya,” by Mark Baumgarten, Seattle Weekly, March 25, 2014.

 

BANG! Joseph Lavy as Vanya | Uncle Vanya 2014 | Photo: Annie Paladino

BANG! Joseph Lavy as Vanya | Uncle Vanya 2014 | Photo: Annie Paladino

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About Akropolis Performance Lab

Founded in 2000 by Co-Artistic Directors Joseph and Zhenya Lavy, Akropolis Performance Lab (APL) is Seattle's premiere ensemble-based theatre company. The ensemble practices rigorous, ongoing vocal and physical training and devises original work through long-form rehearsal process. APL's signature aesthetic, Theatre of Polyphony, is our original approach to crafting ensemble performance events that symbiotically interweave music, movement, and poetry to tell compelling and vital stories while reinventing the given spatial location and audience relationship to our art. Company members include Annie Paladino (Associate Artistic Director), Catherine Lavy, Emily Jo Testa, Jennifer Crooks, Joseph Lavy, Margaretta Campagna, Matt Sherrill, Sara Kaus, Tyler J. Polumsky, and Zhenya Lavy. The co-artistic directors' artistic lineage comes through the Central and Eastern European heritage of Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, and Grotowski. Recent work includes Ecce Faustus (2016), The Glas Nocturne (2015), and Pomegranate & Ash (2015). The ensemble hosts quarterly Salons and offers regular workshops in physical and vocal praxis. Akropolis Performance Lab is a Washington State Non-Profit Corporation.
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