"The Celebration," featuring (from left) Todd Wineburner, Lyudmila Kizer and Rhys Lovell, is one of four plays comprising "Russian Dressing."

Ready to pounce, Todd Wineburner (left) as "Kuzma Nikolayevitch Khirin" can no longer contain his anger, with Rhys Lovell (right) as "Andrey Andreyevitch Shipuchin" with chair in hand surveys the situation of both ladies (Vanessa Passini as "Tatiana Alexeyevna" and Lyudmila Kizer as "Nastasia Fiodorovna Merchutkina") passed out on the floor.

Todd Wineburner (left) playing the role of "Kuzma Nikolayevitch Khirin" with Rhys Lovell as "Andrey Andreyevitch Shipuchin" in "The Celebration" by Anton Chekhov.

Vanessa Passini, playing the role of "Julia Vassilyevna" peers over the shoulder of her employer, "Madame" played by Lyudmila Kizer in "The Nitwit" adapted from Chekhov's short story by Jared Brown.

Jared Brown, as "The Speaker" performing in Chekhov's "On the Harmfulness of Tobacco."

Photos by Jerry Dellinger

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