Maxim Gorky

|The Petty Bourgeoises|

Performance in two acts

Opening night: March 6, 2004
Running time: 3 h 20 m, with one intermission
Ticket price range: 150—1000 rub.
Who is guilty in disintegration of the big family?
For what children hate parents and for what parents blame children? Gorki's “The bourgeoises” are on at Moscow Art Theatre's stage — the old play in a new theatrical reality.
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Set designer
Nikolai Simonov
Costume designer
Olga Reznichenko
Lighting designer
Damir Ismagilov
Music design
Vladimir Pankov
Music
PAN-quartet
Arrangement
Alexander Gusev
Assistant director
Lubov Zabolonskaya
Characters & Cast
Bessemenov Vasilii Vasilievish
Andrey Myagkov
Akulina Ivanovna
his wife
Alla Pokrovskaya
Petr
their son
Alexey Agapov
Tatiana
their daughter
Kristina Babushkina
Nil
Bessemenov's alumnus
Alexey Kravchenko
Perchihin
Bessemenov's distant relative
Vladimir Krasnov
Polya
his daughter
Ekaterina Solomatina
Krivtsova Elena Nikolaevna
Evgeniya Dobrovol'skaya
Stepanida
Maria Zorina
Musicians
Sergei Rodyukov, Olga Dyomina, Vladimir Nelinov, Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Taras Kutsenko