Witness

On Boston Stages, Witness

Like Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise, Igor Golyak sees his mission as “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Golyak, the artistic director of the Needham-based Arlekin Players, leads an award-winning troupe rooted in the traditions of classical and contemporary Russian theater that is...

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Igor Golyak

Theater Mirror, Witness

When Igor Golyak, founder and artistic director of Needham’s Arlekin Players Theatre, was researching “The Merchant of Venice,” he was smacked in the face by the discovery that Jews have been on the move throughout the span of their existence.

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The Making of chekhovOS

Bright-Publishing, ChekhovOS

Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, with the writer portrayed by the legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov, gets a new interactive treatment during lockdown.

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2021-2022 Season Press Release

Broadway World Preview, Witness

Arlekin opens the season with WITNESS, a bold and complex new documentary theater piece that bears witness to the migratory experience of Jews today and through history.

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Witness

Witness Press Release

WITNESS is a new documentary theater piece about Jewish immigration in the face of antisemitism. Click below to read the Press Release.

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Theatre Journal – Performance Review, Insulted Belarus Worldwide Readings

Below is a link to and a quote from Valleri Robinson’s performance review of the Insulted. Belarus(sia) worldwide readings project in Theatre Journal. “Boston’s Arlekin Players Theatre… presented Insulted. Belarus. several times in Russian and English live via Zoom and Facebook. Under the direction of Igor Golyak, the actors, using black-and-white filters, spare backgrounds, and individual...

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