NEVA IS SET IN THE WINTER OF 1905. OLGA KNIPPER—ANTON CHEKHOV’S WIDOW—AND ACTORS MASHA AND ALEKO GATHER IN A REHEARSAL ROOM AS REVOLUTION RINGS THROUGHOUT ST. PETERSBURG. OUTSIDE IN THE STREETS, STRIKING WORKERS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE TSARIST REGIME, WHILE INSIDE, THE ACTORS PLAY OUT SCENES FROM THEIR OWN LIVES AND TRY TO FIND THE MEANING OF ART IN TURBULENT TIMES.
