About the production
An aristocratic family returns to its beloved country estate, desperate to save the cherry orchard from being auctioned off to pay the mortgage, as a new social order presses in.
“Kimberly Senior's stripped-down staging of Anton Chekhov's last play...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...”
— Chicago Reader, Kerry Reid
“And while it could be well argued that in a new era of innovation and forward thinking, another trip to the same old Orchard is hardly necessary, 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, Chris Piatt
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Credits
Written by Anton Chekhov, translated by Curt Columbus
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Jennifer Avery (Lovey), Tom Hickey (Gaev), Rebecca Buller (Anya), Michaela Petro (Varya), Rob Fagin (Trofimov), Jamie Vann (Lopakhin), Shannon Hoag (Dunyasha), John Henry Roberts (Yasha), Jeff Bruce (Firs), Amy Dunlap (Charlotta), James Joseph (Yepikhodov), Sean Sinitski (Pischick), Corey Clifford and Ryan Patrick Dolan (Interns)
Set Anders Jacobsen
Lights Sean T. Mallary
Sound Mikhail Fiksel
Costumes Aly Renee Greaves
