Life Sucks
Adapted by Aaron Posner from Anton Checkhov’s Uncle Vanya
October 1 – 5, 2025
Valborg Theatre
Directed by Elizabeth Parks
Students $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17
This is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other. Over drinks, fights, and moments of intimacy seven souls collide and stumble through life concluding that LIFE SUCKS! Or does it? Seriously, what does life do? Produced with special arrangement by Dramatists Play Service.All evening performances begin promptly at 7 p.m. with matinee curtains at 2 p.m.
CONTENT WARNING:
- Strong language and sexually explicit language
- Depictions of physical violence and gun fire
- Discussion of suicide, self-harm, and mental illness
Life Sucks
Theatre Production