Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor presents the Robin Aren Productions presentation of Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning play, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” staged Thursday, March 16, through Sunday, March 19, at Bay Street Theater. The play, directed by Bay Street’s director of education and community outreach, Allen O’Reilly, stars a talented mix of Sag Harbor locals and New York actors, including Andrea Schiavoni, John Leonard, and Connor Tuohy.
The deliriously funny and bittersweet work offers insights into the all too relatable family dynamics, challenges, and agonies of twenty-first-century life. Middle-aged siblings, Vanya and Sonia, share a home and bicker over the circumstances of their lives. Resentments rise when their movie star sister, Masha, swoops in with her young new boy toy, Spike, and threatens to sell their shared Bucks County, Pennsylvania, house. Additionally on the scene are sassy psychic housekeeper, Cassandra, and doe-eyed aspiring actress, Nina, who’s bashful youth infuriates the domineering Masha. This funny, rich, touching and contemporary play deals with everything from millennials to aging gracefully, the theater to Hollywood, and global warming.
Tickets are $35, available at baystreet.org.