First produced in 1904 at The Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky, this production of Anton Chekhov’s classic tale of cultural futility, starring Russian stage and screen legend Renata Litvinova, is more relevant today than it was over a hundred years ago. Adolf Shapiro’s interpretation asks the question, where would the characters of this play live today years after their cherry orchard has been cut down? The answer, which lies in the material world created by set designer, David Borovsky, is, of course, on the stage.

A century later, this production brings The Cherry Orchard full circle, with its wandering band of characters never at peace, but finally back home.

When: November 30th, 8:10-11:10PM
Location: West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington St, West Newton, MA 02465
Language: Russian with English subtitles
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Cast and Crew

Creative Team

Director: Adolf Shapiro
Set design: David Borovsky
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Assistant Costume Designer: Elena Afanasyeva
Conjuring Tricks: Rafael Tsitalashvili
Composer: Igor Vdovin
Stage Manager: Olga Roslyakova

Cast

Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna: Renata Litvinova
Anya: Yana Gladkikh
Varya: Jana Sekste
Gaev Leonid Andreevich: Sergey Dreiden
Lopakhin Ermolay Alexeevicht: Andrey Smolyakov
Firs: Nikolay Chindyaykin