Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov are caught in a brief and blazing romance, swept up in a Moscow bursting with artistic rebellion and possibility. Letters fly across provinces as Olga steps into the spotlight of a rising theatre movement while Anton confronts the stark isolation of rural Russia. Their worlds pull apart and collide in moments of wit, desire, distance, and defiance. Love becomes a calling, art becomes a lifeline, and the fragile line between life and death grows ever thinner. What begins in curiosity erupts into devotion as two souls fight to create something that might outlast them both. It is an ode to the dreamers who love fiercely, lose bravely, and refuse to fade quietly into the dark.

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READING HISTORY

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Northlight Theatre &

The University of Chicago

May 2025

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 TimeLine Theatre
 January 2020

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TimeLine Theatre

December 2018 

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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY 

Originally developed at

Timeline Theatre Company through the Playwrights Collective Residency programmed and moderated

by Ben Thiem.

December 2016 - December 2018​​