The final weekend for The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Translated and lightly adapted by Moth Margolin

Directed by Glenn Hergenhahn-Zhao

Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is a poignant, darkly funny, and deeply human story of a family on the brink of upheaval. The aristocratic Ranevskaya returns to her beloved cherry orchard, only to face the stark reality that her estate is drowning in debt. As old ways collide with new, and the trees stand ready for the axe, a motley cast of characters—servants, students, businessmen, and dreamers—grapple with love, loss, and the passage of time.

First staged in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard was Chekhov’s final play, a bittersweet farewell that straddles the line between comedy and tragedy. A timeless meditation on progress and nostalgia, wealth and ruin, it remains one of the most celebrated works in modern theater.

This production is the second in iDiOM's four-year Chekhov project to stage new translations of all Chekhov's major works. In collaboration with translator Moti Margolin, we are excited to bring these new scripts to the stage and continue our long relationship with Chekhov's work that began with our productions of Margolin's The Seagull many years ago. 

The Cherry Orchard runs 2 hours with a ten minute intermission. 

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