Because, for example, it was the only live performance in Portland during the quarantine and self-isolation period.
Yes, we are brave. This performance was our very first tryout of the site-specific theater project for actors and for the Russian-speaking audience. During the stage reading, we were communicating with the spectators who were also the participants. The spectators came to the theater after a very long break and experienced interaction that was impossible in everyday life.
Ten spectators, five actors, and the surrounding world is already a Theater. No need to invent anything, just enter the forest without fear, wander around the dog playground. Similar experience would not have been possible in another space.
A play about love – what could be more interesting? Love that is familiar and at the same time different. Dogs are also the participants as well as squirrels, trees and planes in the sky.