The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov's masterpiece comes to life in a brilliant new adaptation by Benedict Andrews.
Carol Dunne, Director
The Dartmouth Department of Theater's production of The Cherry Orchard is a new adaptation by Benedict Andrews. Chekhov wrote the play in 1903, and it has continued to inspire generations as one of the greatest, most beautiful plays ever written. This new adaptation opened in London two years ago and is remarkable for how contemporary and timeless The Cherry Orchard feels right now. And of course it does. It is about an aristocratic family clinging to their egos, their privilege, their outsized sense of their importance in the world as they are being displaced by the very people they kept down. This contemporary telling brings heightened urgency and timely significance as past and future collide, and a family faces the inevitability of change.
Related Events and Info
Nov 7 at 6:00 pm: Pre-Show Discussion with Professor Lynn Patyk (Professor of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies) and director Carol Dunne in Top of the Hop
Nov 12: Performance will be open captioned
Nov 13: Post-Show Discussion with the cast and director Carol Dunne in the Daryl Roth Studio Theater
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