“The Cherry Orchard like you’ve never seen it before.” – Theatermania
“Luminous!” – LA Weekly
“Pure Genius. Chekhov would have approved!” – The New York Sun
November 4–13
EXPERIENCE THE ORCHARD TWO WAYS:
The Orchard – In Person
at the Robert J. Orchard Stage
Emerson Paramount Center, ArtsEmerson
The Orchard /an auction/ – Online
through a unique virtual, interactive experience available worldwide
Direct from sold out performances Off-Broadway in New York,
The Orchard comes to Boston!
Groundswell Theatricals
in association with Cherry Orchard Festival, ShowOne Productions
& Jessica Sporn/Leah Michalos
presents
The Orchard
Conceived and Directed by Igor Golyak
Based on The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov
as translated by Carol Rocamora
November 4–13
Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, ArtsEmerson
Featuring Jessica Hecht as Ranevskaya
With Juliet Brett, Darya Denisova, Seth Gore, Jeffrey Hayenga, Elise Kibler, Nael Nacer, Gene Raavin
And Mikhail Baryshnikov as Firs
Executive Producers Staci Levine and Sara Stackhouse
With support from ArtsEmerson
The Orchard, featuring Jessica Hecht and Mikhail Baryshnikov, 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.
“SPECTACULARLY REIMAGINED”- New York Stage Review
“This is the most affecting acting work I’ve ever seen from Baryshnikov” – Vulture, New York Magazine
“Hecht is a gorgeously frothy Madame Ranevskaya, the lady of the house: sentimental and self-absorbed, with a decorative layer of ever-pleasant femininity and a spritz of teasing sexiness.” – The NY Times
“The entire cast illuminates the humanity of their characters…”–The Wall Street Journal