Curt Columbus, Translator
Bio: Curt Columbus joined Trinity Rep as artistic director in January 2006. His directing credits for Trinity include Merchant of Venice,His Girl Friday, Camelot, Cabaret, The Odd Couple, The Secret Rapture, The Receptionist, A Christmas Carol, Memory House, Blithe Spirit, Cherry Orchard and the world premiere of Stephen Thorne's ...Poe. His plays Paris by Night, The Dreams of Antigone and Sparrow Grass premiered at Trinity. His adaptation of Crime and Punishment (with Marilyn Campbell) is published by Dramatists? Play Service. Curt?s translations of Chekhov?s plays are published by Ivan R. Dee, Chekhov: The Four Major Plays. The Dreams of Antigone is published by Broadway Play Publishing. Curt lives in Pawtucket with his partner, Nathan Watson.
Source: Company Bios- Curt Columbus. Trinity Repertory Company. April 3, 2013. http://www.trinityrep.com/the_company/creative/curt_columbus.php
Source: Company Bios- Curt Columbus. Trinity Repertory Company. April 3, 2013. http://www.trinityrep.com/the_company/creative/curt_columbus.php
Curt Columbus on Chekhov
From an interview with Ed Sobel about his translation of Cherry Orchard:
CC:...It's really a play about a time like our time, where the people don't want to acknowledge the changes that are coming and are inevitable. They stand there, wringing their hands, watching things slip away, and saying, "But if we just keep holding on, things will all stay the same!" Which goes back to the drive of this play; it's not about stasis, it's about struggle!
Source: Steppenwolf Theatre. Cherry Orchard Blossoms in a New Translation. Watch and Listen 2004-2005 Volume 2. April 3, 2013. http://www.steppenwolf.org/watchlisten/program-articles/detail.aspx?id=6
CC:...It's really a play about a time like our time, where the people don't want to acknowledge the changes that are coming and are inevitable. They stand there, wringing their hands, watching things slip away, and saying, "But if we just keep holding on, things will all stay the same!" Which goes back to the drive of this play; it's not about stasis, it's about struggle!
Source: Steppenwolf Theatre. Cherry Orchard Blossoms in a New Translation. Watch and Listen 2004-2005 Volume 2. April 3, 2013. http://www.steppenwolf.org/watchlisten/program-articles/detail.aspx?id=6