Vincent M. Lancisi Returns to the Director’s Chair for Final Show as Artistic Director
March 22-April 19
(Baltimore, MD) – Everyman Theatre will present Christopher Durang’s award-winning comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, onstage March 22 through April 19, 2026. This production serves as a landmark event for the organization as it will be the final play Founder, Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi will direct before retiring at the end of this season – capping a distinguished 35-year tenure at the helm.
“Directing this particular play at this moment in my life feels like the perfect closing chapter,” says Vincent M. Lancisi. “After 35 years of building Everyman into a home for artists and audiences alike, this play’s themes of home, family legacy, self-reflection, and looking toward the future resonate deeply. It is a joy to spend my final production as Artistic Director surrounded by my fellow artisans and theatre-lovers, celebrating the humor and heart that have always been core to Everyman.”
Inspired by the works of renowned playwright Anton Chekhov, Durang’s story follows middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia, who have spent their mundane lives caring for their aging parents in the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania. Their quiet routine is upended when their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister, Masha, sweeps in with her sexy young boyfriend, Spike, triggering a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions, sibling rivalry, and the universal longing for relevance in a rapidly changing world.
The production features an ensemble of Everyman Resident Company members and guest artists, including Resident Company Members Bruce Randolph Nelson (Art) as Vanya, Megan Anderson (And Then There Were None) as Sonia, Beth Hylton (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) as Masha, and Chinai Routté (August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson) as Cassandra; along with Shubhangi Kuchibhotla (Be Here Now) as Nina and Everyman newcomer Alex Benoit as Spike.
In addition to Lancisi, the creative team bringing the rural homestead to life includes Dan Conway (Scenic Design, The Lion in Winter), Resident Artist Harold F. Burgess II (Lighting Design, Art), Resident Artist David Burdick (Costume Design, Dawn), Resident Artist Pornchanok Kanchanabanca (Sound Design and Original Composition, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Resident Artist Lewis Shaw (Fights and Intimacy, Art), Resident Artist Robyn Quick (Dramaturgy), and Denise O’Brien (Wig Design/Hair Consultation, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson). Leading the stage management team is Paul Holmes (Cry It Out).
Weekday and weekend performance tickets start at $48. Everyman offers more than 700 Pay-What-You-Choose seats across the entire run, with seats allocated to every performance as well as an entire Pay-What-You-Choose performance on Sunday, March 22. Student discounts are available at all performances with a valid student ID. These discount programs serve Everyman’s mission to remove barriers and enable as many people as possible to share the joys of theatre.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Vincent M. Lancisi
Onstage March 24, 2026- April 19, 2026
Tickets are on sale now at everymantheatre.org or by contacting the box office at boxoffice@everymantheatre.org or calling 410.752.2208. Standard box office hours are Monday through Friday, 12pm-5pm, and closed on Saturday and Sunday. When a production is onstage, the Box Office will open two hours before every performance, including weekends.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Sunday, March 22 – Pay-What-You-Choose (PWYC). The entire Baltimore community is invited to enjoy the first preview at a pay-what-you-choose price point. General Admission seating is on a first come-first serve basis.
- Sunday, March 22 – Theatre-Night-For- Teens A social event for high-school-aged students who want to see a play and meet other teens interested in theatre. Students in grades 9-12 are invited to join us for dinner with inside access to the show, including pre- and post-show discussions with production artists. The event begins at 5:30PM and purchase includes tickets to see the show that evening (7PM curtain time), dinner, and conversation access. https://everymantheatre.org/event/tnt/
- March 24 – 26 – Previews: Performance begins at 7:00 PM. Be among the first audience to see Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike during one of our three preview performances.
- Sunday, April 5 – Childcare Matinee Performance: The Everyman Theatre Education staff will provide childcare for children ages 3 – 12 during this matinee show ($20 per child). Take a moment to relax and enjoy a show knowing your child is safe in the building having a wonderful time with an Everyman Theatre Teaching Artist! Advance registration is required at least 72 hours before performance day. https://everymantheatre.org/event/childcare-matinees/
- Thursday, April 9 – Cast Conversation (post-show): Ticket holders are invited to stay after the performance and meet the cast for a 30-minute facilitated talk-back.
- Saturday, April 11 – Audio Description (AD) Performance: A narrator provides a verbal description of key visual elements – sets, costumes, and action. A special early start time offers a perfect way to experience the charm of live theater with friends, family, or colleagues. https://everymantheatre.org/plan-your-visit/accessibility/
- Tuesday, April 14 – Midday Matinee: Designed to accommodate both early-bird patrons as well as school groups, this performance will begin at 12:00 PM.
Box Office Information: The Everyman Theatre box office can be reached at 410.752.2208 or by visiting everymantheatre.org.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
CHRISTOPHER DURANG is a playwright whose plays include A History of the American Film (Tony nomination, Best Book of a Musical, 1978), The Actor’s Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (Obie award; off-Broadway run 1981-83), Beyond Therapy (on Broadway in 1982, with Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby with the Bathwater (Playwrights Horizons, 1983), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Public Theatre, 1985; Obie award, Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award), Laughing Wild (Playwrights Horizons, 1987), Durang/Durang (an evening of six plays at Manhattan Theatre Club, 1994, including the Tennessee Williams’ parody, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls), Sex and Longing (Lincoln Center Theatre production at the Cort Theatre, 1996, starring Sigourney Weaver), and Betty’s Summer Vacation (Playwrights Horizons, 1999; Obie award).
His most recent works are Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, which premiered at City Theatre in Pittsburgh in 2002. And the musical Adrift in Macao, with music by Peter Melnick and book and lyrics by Durang, which premiered at New York Stage and Film in summer 2002 and is under option for off-Broadway 2003-04.
For full bio, please click here: https://www.christopherdurang.com/full bio
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
VINCENT M. LANCISI founded EVERYMAN THEATRE in October of 1990 and has directed 58 productions including Deceived, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dial M For Murder, The Sound Inside, The Lion in Winter, Cry It Out, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Dinner With Friends, Sweat, Aubergine, M. Butterfly, Noises Off, Dot, Death of A Salesman, Under the Skin, Blithe Spirit, Deathtrap, Tribes, The Glass Menagerie, The Beaux’ Stratagem, August: Osage County, You Can’t Take It With You, Stick Fly, All My Sons, Two Rooms, Rabbit Hole, The Cherry Orchard, Doubt, Much Ado About Nothing, The Cone Sister, And a Nightingale Sang, The
School for Scandal, A Number, Amadeus, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Buried Child, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, Hedda Gabler, Proof, Uncle Vanya, and The Last Five Years. As a freelance director, he directed True West for Rep Stage in Columbia, MD. In addition to his work at Everyman, he has taught acting and directing at Towson University, University of Maryland, Catholic University, Howard Community College, and at Everyman Theatre. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Vincent holds his undergraduate degree in Theatre from Boston College and his master’s degree in Directing from The Catholic University of America.
ABOUT EVERYMAN THEATRE
Everyman Theatre is a professional Equity Theatre company in Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District. Founded in 1990 by Vincent M. Lancisi, Everyman centers its storytelling with a Resident Company of artists to carry out its mission of offering transformative, accessible theatre experiences. Led by Lancisi and Managing Director Marissa LaRose, Everyman Theatre, now in its 35th season, invests in its community, believing that theatre is at its best when it’s “Built in Baltimore.”
Each season, the theatre employs more than 150 full- and part-time staff, actors, designers, and teaching artists to bring its programming to the people of Baltimore and the surrounding counties. Everyman Theatre is supported in part by lead corporate sponsor Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, LLP; the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org); the citizens of Baltimore County; and The Shubert Foundation. Everyman Theatre’s production of Vanya and Sonya and Sasha and Mike is sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and co-sponsored by Michael Styer.
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