Travel back to pre-revolutionary Russia as Main Street Theater in Rice Village presents Maxim Gorky’s Enemies from Sunday, September 10 through Sunday, October 15, 2017.
To kick off its 2017-18 MainStage season, Main Street Theater is presenting David Hare’s adaptation of Gorky’s extraordinary play.
Written in exile and banned in his home country, Enemies presents a panoramic view of a restless society on the brink of revolution.
It’s 1905, and Russia is at a critical moment in its history. The bourgeoisie is no longer confident in its own values. The working class is slowly realizing the terrifying sacrifices they will have to make.
Gorky approached this unique, imaginative play, with great humanity and a broad dramatic scope, offering a glimpse into what the world might have been like in the time between aristocratic rule and the revolution in Russia.
Directed by Rebecca Greene Udden, the show is a collaboration with the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance.
About Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky, whose real name was Aleksei Maximovich Peshkov, was born on March 16, 1868, in the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod (it was renamed Gorky in his honor in 1932).
Already established as a major novelist and short story writer, at the turn of the century Gorky began writing plays and formed close connections with the Moscow Art Theater, which, in 1902, produced his most famous play, The Lower Depths.
For a significant part of his life, Gorky was exiled from Russia and later, the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to Russia on Joseph Stalin’s personal invitation and died there in June 1936.
About Main Street Theater
Main Street Theater provides theater experiences for all ages. Founded in 1975, the company’s MainStage produces professional, intimate, literary plays for adults and operates under an Actors’ Equity Association union contract.
Its Theater for Youth produces professional, engaging productions based on children’s literature for families and school groups, both in-house and on tour around Texas.
The theater operates out of two venues, its home on Times Boulevard in Rice Village and at The MATCH on Main Street in Midtown.
Enemies at Main Street Theater
- Dates: Saturday, September 16 through Sunday, October 15, 2017 (Previews Sunday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 13 through Friday, September 15, 2017)
- Times: Thursdays through Saturdays 7:30pm; Sundays 3pm
- Location: Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005
- Admission: Tickets range from $36 to $45, depending on date and seating section. Click here to order tickets, or call 713-524-6706. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed in the theater.
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