The Bear and Other Jokes

Aleksey Burago directed the Russian Arts Theatre and Studio's production of The Bear, by Anton Chekhov, along with other material adopted from Chekhov's stories. PQ played Smirnoff, the titular Bear, a rough man unwilling to bend to social rules of politeness. The play ran for the months of July and August, 2014. With Di Zhu as Popova, James Fordyce as Luka, and with Danijela Popovic accompanying on piano.