La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club presents Krymov Lab NYC’s production of Uncle Vanya, scenes from country life from March 28–April 12, 2026 at The Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003. Tickets are $60 for general admission, $45 for students/seniors, and $30 student/senior rush (as available at the door). For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://lamama.org/uncle-vanya-scenes-from-country-life/.

“The action is magnetic because of the director’s ability to create absorbing theater in an elemental way, often through deceivingly simple devices.”
– Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New York Times

Krymov has never staged Uncle Vanya. But now, as the world burns with despair, longing, and betrayal, it is time for the Lab to take up Chekhov’s masterpiece, transforming it into a grotesque elegy, a wasteland vaudeville. An international collective of actors, designers, musicians, puppeteers, and producers, Krymov Lab NYC is a new American company led by Dmitry Krymov and a Resident Company of La MaMa ETC, dedicated to creating dynamic, heartfelt, visually stunning theater that breaks traditional thea