Tuz & Soly

by Eric Moore

Russia is tough. Especially when you’re stuck in a town thousands of miles from Moscow, the girl you love won’t accept a single one of your marriage proposals, and at night the temperature gets so low your balls recede into your throat. It could drive any man mad. Perhaps that’s why Tuz and Soly can’t stand each other, even though they can’t seem to leave one another alone. Borrowing (or stealing) the characters...

Russia is tough. Especially when you’re stuck in a town thousands of miles from Moscow, the girl you love won’t accept a single one of your marriage proposals, and at night the temperature gets so low your balls recede into your throat. It could drive any man mad. Perhaps that’s why Tuz and Soly can’t stand each other, even though they can’t seem to leave one another alone. Borrowing (or stealing) the characters Tuzenbach and Solyony from Chekhov’s Three Sisters, this play riffs on their fatal friendship to deconstruct the toxic behavior that tears them apart.

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Tuz & Soly

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  • Jared Michael Delaney: Tuz & Soly

    This is a funny, moving study of two characters from Chekhov's THREE SISTERS. It nicely fills in the blanks of the relationship of that is hinted at in the original piece with humor and profound wisdom. TUZ & SOLY offers a fascinating mediation on the nature of friendship, love and the potential consequences of the denial of self. I highly recommend this play.

    This is a funny, moving study of two characters from Chekhov's THREE SISTERS. It nicely fills in the blanks of the relationship of that is hinted at in the original piece with humor and profound wisdom. TUZ & SOLY offers a fascinating mediation on the nature of friendship, love and the potential consequences of the denial of self. I highly recommend this play.

  • Doug DeVita: Tuz & Soly

    A simply gorgeous, beautifully sustained two hander; epic in scope and intimate in character detail, it is a more than worthy companion piece to THE THREE SISTERS, yet it stands on its own as a work of Chekhovian art. A genuinely lovely play, heartbreaking and emotionally true.

    A simply gorgeous, beautifully sustained two hander; epic in scope and intimate in character detail, it is a more than worthy companion piece to THE THREE SISTERS, yet it stands on its own as a work of Chekhovian art. A genuinely lovely play, heartbreaking and emotionally true.

  • Philip Middleton Williams: Tuz & Soly

    I saw a reading of this play at the 2021 Valdez Theatre Conference and was instantly brought into the poetry, the harsh climate and society, and the tough love that these companions share. Eric Moore's characters leap off the page and wrap you tightly in their world, warts and unrequited love and all, and his shimmering and powerful words, humor, and above all sense of depth will stun you. I hope to see this on stage and relish this playwright's absolute love of the form and how he takes us beyond it. Bravo, Eric, bravo.

    I saw a reading of this play at the 2021 Valdez Theatre Conference and was instantly brought into the poetry, the harsh climate and society, and the tough love that these companions share. Eric Moore's characters leap off the page and wrap you tightly in their world, warts and unrequited love and all, and his shimmering and powerful words, humor, and above all sense of depth will stun you. I hope to see this on stage and relish this playwright's absolute love of the form and how he takes us beyond it. Bravo, Eric, bravo.

Character Information

2M
  • TUZ
    TUZ- Based on Tuzenbach from Chekhov's Three Sisters. Male. Any race. Same age range as Soly.
    Character Age
    Over 18
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned male at birth - plot relevant) Male
  • SOLY
    Based on Solyony from Chekhov's Three Sisters. Male. Any race. Same age range as Tuz.
    Character Age
    Over 18
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned male at birth - plot relevant) Male

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Open Stage Seoul, Year 2024
  • Type Reading, Organization Valdez Theatre Conference, Year 2021
  • Type Workshop, Organization Rec Room Arts, Year 2020

Awards

  • AFF Playwriting Festival Second Rounder
    Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition
    Honorable Mention
    2021