What a way to premiere our new interview series, in which we will pair a director and an actor!

Parker Posey is wonderful in as the theater star Irene in “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY” — Thomas Bradshaw’s adaptation of the Chekhov play, transposed to the Catskills. (In the original, Irene is, of course, Irina Arkadina.) Posey is too rare a presence on New York stages, where her last appearance was almost 20 years ago in “Hurlyburly.” Like this “Seagull,” this was a New Group production directed by Scott Elliott. Clearly, these two have something good going on.

Posey and Elliott were still buzzing from what the previous night’s performance, when the director went on in the role usually played by David Cale (who was out sick). We talked about what that was like for both of them, along with many other things. The show is running until April 9.

Some links:

“The Seagull/Woodstock, NY”

Elisabeth’s chat with Parker Posey and Hari Nef, who plays Sasha (Masha in Chekhov’s original)

Peter’s interview with Parker and his review of the show

Peter’s review of “Hurlyburly” (2005)

Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marksvincentelli.substack.com/subscribe