THE ORCHARD
Live and in-person at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, NY)
and Online, accessible worldwide
May 31 – July 3
Conceived, adapted & directed by Igor Golyak
Based on The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
as translated by Carol Rocamora
Featuring Jessica Hecht as Lyubov Ranevskaya
With Anna Baryshnikov, Juliet Brett, Darya Denisova,
John McGinty, Nael Nacer & Mark Nelson
And Mikhail Baryshnikov as Anton Chekhov & Firs
The Orchard invites us into the fragile world of a family yearning for connection and struggling with the end of their world as they know it. Threatened with foreclosure and the loss of their beloved orchard, they face unstoppable, destructive forces that dismantle their lives like the breaking of a string.
The Orchard is a hybrid piece of theater and can be seen in two formats:
Live, in-person performances at the Baryshnikov Arts Center
450 W 37th Street, New York, NY
Live, immersive, interactive experience online — accessible worldwide
And what does it mean – dying? Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and only the five we know are lost at death, while the other ninety-five remain alive. – Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard
Enter Chekhov’s universe, either in-person or online, and explore a beautiful immersive environment and a strange, fragmented encounter with the characters of The Cherry Orchard. This Off-Broadway adaptation of the play will welcome live audiences as well as virtual participants from around the globe to experience the play, witness the prayers, confessions and dreams of the characters, and make choices that affect what happens next. In this deeply human telling, genres collide and no two performances are exactly the same.
WITNESS
A new virtual theater piece
based on stories of Jewish migration
Written by Nana Grinstein
Directed by Igor Golyak
Dramaturgy by Blair Cadden
Developed by the Arlekin Resident Acting Company
PREVIEWS BEGIN DEC 10 | WORLD PREMIERE DEC 13
Where do unwanted people go?
A bold and complex new documentary theater piece that bears witness to the migratory experience of Jews throughout history. Based on interviews of Jewish people around the world by the Arlekin company members, along with historical records and documents, this timely piece will tell a multiplicity of stories of migration, displacement, home and identity.