tavis: when they come see this, will they recognize checkov? >> you don't have to know him to enjoy it but there are allusions. the characters are not identical to, but sort of a mashup of checkov's characters. tavis: give me a word about the characters. sonia havend stayed home. their mom and dad got alzheimer's and they ended up spending about 15 years taking care of them. intosort of evolved homebodies that said and gripe and have ather slightly hopeless life. their sister masha is a movie star. she made action movies and became a big deal. she is always gallivanting around and she is never there. in the play, she comes back with spike, who is her boy toy. that is when things start to get disruptive and the comfort of the home and the sudden change starts to hit the family. thee is cassandra, housekeeper who is also psychic and suddenly bursts into greek choruses of psychic predictions like housekeepers do. tavis: [laughter] >> nina is a sweet young thing in love with checkov's plays. and she brings a kind of wonderful innocence and spiritua