"To us, there are so many things that can be literature, it’s just using words to convey a story, so play writing is very much literature,” said Kenyon. "Particularly now that (Knight) does have his feet under him, I’d love to talk to him about how we could build our schedules with an eye toward collaboration. Similarly, Knight has also orchestrated the production following this - Megan Gogerty's "FEAST" - to be part of Witching Hour.
"Uncle Vanya" also marks the first time Riverside Theatre will be putting on a play included in the Iowa City Book Festival, according to executive director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, John Kenyon. the cumulative positives of Baker’s choices married with our approach outweigh any nostalgia I might have for Schmidt or Friel or. I think it’s him saying, ‘Don’t you see, it’s still possible for us to have this relationship.’ He’s still there.” But what makes Baker’s translation and adaptation superiorin the writingto any other Uncle Vanya I’ve read or seen is her insistence on strictly following Chekhov’s own maxim that the language. “I always thought it was him referring to her saying ‘You’re drunk,’" Budd said. "But I don’t think so. In a scene in which Vanya entices Hahn's character to fall in love with him, Eléna calls him out saying, "You’ve been drinking." Vanya responds, "It's possible."
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