LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP
2025/26 MAINSTAGE SEASON
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike
Written by Christopher Durang
★ Tony Award-Winning Comedy ★
https://www.livetheatreworkshop.org/vanya-sonia-masha-spike
Step into the hilariously dysfunctional world of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning comedy that's equal parts cheeky, chaotic, and deeply heartfelt. In a quiet Pennsylvania farmhouse, Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia lead a dull, humdrum existence—until their glamorous, larger-than-life movie star sister Masha storms in with her boy toy Spike in tow.
Add a soothsaying housekeeper and a neighborhood ingeˊnue to the mix, and what follows is a wild ride of sibling rivalries, fading dreams, and over-the-top antics. Will Masha sell the family home? Will Spike keep his shirt on? Will Sonia ever find true happiness—or at least a date?
Come for the biting wit, stay for the absurd Chekhovian twists, and leave with a grin on your face. Drama, comedy, and a touch of existential dread. This play has it all.
⚠ Contains adult language and themes
Performance Schedule
DAY | DATES | TIME |
FRIDAY | March 20, 27 · April 3 & 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM |
SATURDAY | March 21 & 28, 2026 | 7:00 PM |
SATURDAY | April 4 & 11, 2026 | 2:00 PM |
SUNDAY | March 22 & 29 · April 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM |
Venue | Live Theatre Workshop · 3322 E Fort Lowell Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716 |
Tickets | Purchase online at livetheatreworkshop.org or at the box office |
Box Office | Wed & Thu 3:00–5:00 PM · Fri & Sat 3:00–6:00 PM · 520-327-4242 |
Content | Contains adult language and themes |
Purchase Tickets: tix.com/ticket-sales/livetheatreworkshop/4501
Meet the Cast
VANYA John Keeney | A multidisciplinary artist and teacher, ten years into his Tucsonan adventure. Seen at the Rogue and Scoundrel & Scamp theatres as both actor and musician. Recent credits include Michael James Flaherty in Synge's PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and Ken Mason in IT IS MAGIC. This is his LTW mainstage debut. |
SONIA Lori Hunt | Returning to LTW with previous credits including BOSTON MARRIAGE, SYLVIA, DRY POWDER, and the one-woman show 9 PARTS OF DESIRE. Holds a BFA from the UA Theatre Arts program and has trained with The Groundlings and UCB Theatre in Los Angeles. Also performed sketch comedy and sang with a rock band for nine years in Ohio. |
MASHA Dawn McMillan | Making her LTW debut. Tucson stage credits include Macduff in MACBETH, The Book of Will, THE REVOLUTIONISTS, and BRONTË. Television and film credits include ER, FRASIER, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, and ZEUS & ROXANNE. Member of two Unscrewed Theater house teams; teaches Acting Shakespeare at Pima Community College; serves as curator and director of volunteers for Tucson Meet Yourself. |
SPIKE Cristian Javier Barbosa | Tucson-based actor and musician with a BFA in Acting from the University of Arizona. Stage credits include Orhan in WHERE WORDS ONCE WERE, Lysander in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Solyony in THREE SISTERS. Certified Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Trained under Hank Stratton, Danny Gurwin, and Brent Gibbs, with additional masterclasses through LAMDA. |
CASSANDRA Robin Bousel | Tucson-based performer, director, educator, and arts leader with more than three decades of experience. Recent credits include MACBETH (Scoundrel & Scamp), THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST (LTW), and PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS (TAZ Theater Company). Artistic Director of Winding Road Theater; Program Director and Teaching Artist with Saguaro City Music Theatre; theatre faculty at Kino School. |
NINA Emily Fuchs | (she/they) Third production on the LTW mainstage—previously seen in THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST and THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, and recently in LTW Children's Theatre's SLEEPING BEAUTY. Holds an AFA in Theatre Performance (PCC), BA in Theatre Studies (UA), and MA in Studies of Global Media (UA). Completed Shakespeare and Classical Drama training with LAMDA (2023). |
Creative Team
Director | Molly Lyons International actor, director, casting director, teacher & playwright. Previous LTW credit: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE. Also works at the Rogue, Scoundrel & Scamp, and Winding Road Theatre. Education includes Santa Clara University, CalArts, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Second City. |
Scenic Design / Construction | Matthew C. Copley Native Tucsonan; previously designed and built sets for LTW's HAT BOX and SHOW PEOPLE. Extensive acting credits at LTW and across the Tucson theatre community. |
Costume Design | Kathy Hurst Has costumed productions across many Tucson theatres. Longtime LTW collaborator. |
Props Design | The Polzin Family Lee, Sarah, Jen, Roark & Petra. A family crew combining cosplay, acting, and multiple home businesses into a theatrical prop and costume production team. Previous credits include MACBETH, ALEBRIJES, and SCARLET AND THE WOLF. |
Assistant Director | Allison Akmajian Recent stage credits: Irene Adler in MORIARTY (Invisible Theatre), Caitlyn in SHIP (LTW), Lexi in MACBITCHES (Scoundrel & Scamp). |
Assistant Stage Manager | Makayla Eneboe ASU graduate with emphasis in Stage Management. Recently wrapped short film I'M HERE FOR U. Upcoming: Stage Manager for THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS (June 2026). |
About the Play
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike received the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. Written by Christopher Durang, the play is an affectionate riff on the plays of Anton Chekhov—borrowing character names, themes of stagnation and longing, and the structure of a country-house drama—while spinning them through a thoroughly contemporary, absurdist comic sensibility. The result is a play that is simultaneously a loving homage and a wickedly funny send-up: Chekhovian in its ache, Durangian in its anarchy.
At its heart, the play asks quietly piercing questions about regret, the passage of time, the lives we didn't live, and whether it's too late to change. The comedy never smothers the feeling—it makes room for it.
About Live Theatre Workshop
Live Theatre Workshop produces inclusive, accessible, and affordable professional theatre and theatre education that entertains, educates, and enlightens children, adults, and families. Celebrating its 30th anniversary season, LTW is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and Tucson's premier destination for professional theatre, operating across its mainstage, children's theatre, and Etcetera late-night series, as well as year-round theatre education and its Young Playwrights program.
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP
3322 E Fort Lowell Rd · Tucson, AZ 85716 · 520-327-4242
livetheatreworkshop.org · Full production page
Announcement prepared March 14, 2026
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