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Live Stream Tonight!

Join us online tonight (December 8th) at 8 PM Central, when Breaking String will live-stream our performance of Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television to a global audience!

Kickstarter - FUNDED (transferred from home page)

***Update: As of 11/21/12, our Kickstarter is FUNDED! The following is transferred from the Breaking String Home Page***

"Vodka, Fucking, and Television" Going Live Online, Saturday, December, 8th

In our effort to reach ever wider audiences as we showcase, in Austin, the best in Russian theater, Breaking String Theater is excited to live-stream the Saturday, December, 8th performance of Maksym Kurochkin's "Vodka, Fucking, and Television," at 8 PM CST (9 PM EST, 6 PM PST, and, of course, 6 AM in Moscow).

John J. Hanlon on Maksym Kurochkin

John Freedman on Maksym Kurochkin

Greetings, friends! As you know, we're gearing up for the opening of our production of Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television (trans. John J. Hanlon, directed by Liz Fisher) on November 29 at Hyde Park Theatre.

Raising Their Voices: An Austinite in Russia hears theatre's rising dissent

Moscow, Russia - Hi Friends. Here's my dispatch, published in this week's print version of the Austin Chronicle, and also available at the Chronicle's website here. -gs

In Moscow for Lyubimovka

 

In Moscow for Lyubimovka

Lyubimovka Poster

Season Announcement - 2012-2013

 

Transferred from our homepage - the 2012-2013 Season Announcement!

Photo by: Will Hollis Snider

Liz Fisher, director of Vodka, Fucking, and TelevisionBreaking String is excited to announce another season of bringing the latest and best of Russian Theater home to Austin, Texas.

Liz Fisher to direct Max Kurochkin's "Vodka, Fucking and Television"

I caught up with Liz Fisher a few days ago for a cup of coffee and some talk on her upcoming work with Breaking String - a full-on production of Vodka, Fucking and Television by 2012 New Russian Drama Festival spotlight artist Maksym Kurochkin, to be staged at Hyde Park Theatre this coming November.

Austin as Arden

Evening, folks. After a few months away, there's far too much to report and discuss - I apologize for the long silence. Suffice it to say that we were extremely excited to host John Freedman and Maksym Kurochkin here in Austin for our New Russian Drama Festival.