Description:

The Gayev family are sociable, intelligent, caring and hopelessly in debt. Unless they can find the funds, their huge estate, including its much-loved cherry orchard, will go to a mortgagee auction. The entrepreneurial son of their ex-farmhand offers them a solution, but they balk at his proposal. Racked by indecision and unable to comprehend the huge social changes on the horizon, they spend one last summer on their beautiful country property, conjuring memories of the past to mask their fears of the future.

Chekhov's endearing and everlasting tragicomedy in which a family's cross generational dispute about the future of their beloved estate creates a clash between socialism and capitalism, legacy and reality in this sharp new adaptation by Stephen Karam, described by New York Magazine as “among the very best of his generation of playwrights.”

THE CHERRY ORCHARD
February 1 – 10, 2019
Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive

A comedy in four acts by Anton Chekhov
A new version by Stephen Karam
From a literal translation by Allison Horsely
Directed by Hassan Al Rawas

Performance Schedule

Friday, February 1 7:30PM
Saturday, February 2 7:30PM
Sunday, February 3 2:00PM
Thursday, February 7 7:30PM
Friday, February 8 7:30PM
Saturday, February 9 7:30PM
Sunday, February 10 2:00PM

Ticket Pricing

Adult $25
Seniors (62+) $23
Area Educator $23
NU Faculty/Staff/Emeriti $20
Full-Time Student $10
NU Student $6/Adv. $10/Door

Box Office: 847-491-7282
WIRTZ.NORTHWESTERN.EDU

Image: Set Model for THE CHERRY ORCHARD by MFA Design Candadte Woogjin Oh.