The Seagull
Awards and Recognition
- West Coast Premiere Adaptation
Reviewer Quotes
“ Seagull soars in Anaheim Hills ”
Orange County Register
“ Satisfying and funny ”
OC Weekly
art, sex, and fragile dreams…
In a garden by a lake, old friends and family gather to watch the newest theatrical creation of Konstantin, the son of a celebrated actress past her prime. Little does anyone in attendance know that what happens this evening will set off a series of events that will change their lives forever. People will fall in and out of love, people will drink, and people will shoot birds and even themselves. Bear witness to Chekhov’s tragicomedy of life and art that astonished the old century as it heralded the birth of modern drama.
Adapted by Richard Nelson, whose dramatic sensibilities were previously brought to the Chance stage with his play Goodnight Children Everywhere, Chekhov’s first major play still resonates today. Along with the themes of fame, sex, love and dysfunctional families, The Seagull is one of the great plays about art. It superbly captures the struggle for new forms, the questionable value of commercial success, as well as the frustrations and fulfilments of creating “true art.”
- Playwright : Anton Chekhov
- Adaptation : Richard Nelson
- Director : Tony Vezner
- Set Designer : Shaun Motley
- Lighting Designer : Jeff Brewer*
- Assistant Lighting Designer : Casey Holm*
- Costume Designer : Christopher Scott Murillo*
- Sound Designer : Peter Bayne
- Stage Manager : Jeanne Valleroy
- Konstantin : Dan Flapper*
- Arkadina : Karen Webster*
- Nina : Jennifer Ruckman*
- Trigorin : Jonathon Lamer
- Sorin : Glenn Koppel
- Dorn : John Bolen
- Masha : Melanie Gable
- Shamraev : Lewis R. Crouse II*
- Polina : Toni Beckman
- Medvedenko : Jara Jones*
- Servant : Sohina Sidhu
- Servant : Josh Aguilar
- Konstantin Understudy: Casey Long*
- Garland Award Nominee: Production
- Garland Award Nominee: Adaptation (Richard Nelson)
- Garland Award Nominee: Direction (Tony Vezner)
- Garland Award Nominee: Lighting Design (Jeff Brewer)
- Garland Award Nominee: Sound Design (Peter Bayne)
- Garland Award Nominee: Performance in a Play (Dan Flapper)
- Garland Award Nominee: Performance in a Play (Jennifer Ruckman)
- Garland Award Nominee: Ensemble Performance
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