Cherry Orchard
BY ANTON CHEKHOV
TRANSLATED BY CURT COLUMBUS
DIRECTED BY KIMBERLY SENIOR
Feb 21, 2009–Mar 28, 2009
An aristocratic family returns to Russia to keep their estate from being auctioned off to pay the delinquent mortgage. If they could only make themselves do something … something other than allowing hidden passions to break through their upperclass manners in unfortunate and hilarious ways.
With a depth of visual focus that only our unique space can offer, and subtle, naturalist acting that has to be seen up close, Strawdog will show you once again why Chekhov is considered a master. It’s not because people used to like boring things.
“… Kimberly Senior’s quietly staged, achingly acted production is full of modest but considerable rewards and, yes, feels totally in sync with the moment.”
— Time Out Chicago
“Kimberly Senior’s stripped-down staging of Anton Chekhov’s last play, about a fading upper-class family losing their beloved estate to foreclosure, feels nearly perfect for our age of scarcity and anxiety. The entire ensemble fully inhabits the tale’s aura of hapless good intent trumped by harsh reality, and Jennifer Avery is heartbreaking as the endearing yet maddeningly indecisive Lovey, whose distractedness barely covers up her incipient hysteria.”
— Chicago Reader
Cast
Jennifer Avery
as Lovey
Jeff Bruce
as Firs
Rebecca Buller
as Anya
Corey Clifford
Ryan Patrick Dolan
Amy Dunlap
as Charlotta
Rob Fagin
as Trofimov
Tom Hickey
as Gaev
Shannon Hoag*
as Dunyasha
James Joseph
as Yepihodov
Michaela Petro*
as Varya
John Henry Roberts*
as Yasha
Sean Sinitski
as Pischick
Jamie Vann*
as Lopakin
Creative Team
Anton Chekhov
Author
Curt Columbus
Translator
Kimberly Senior
Director
Cody Estle
Assistant Director
Tiffany Smith
Assistant Director
Anders Jacobson
Set Design
Sean T. Mallary
Light Design
Jordan Kardasz*
Ass't Light Design
Aly Renee Amidei*
Costume Design
Mikhail Fiksel
Sound Design
Mike Mroch
Dramaturge
Erin Carlson
Stage Manager
* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member