C H E R R Y O R C H A R D by Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt

N O V E M B E R 18-20 & D E C E M B E R 1-4 C U L B R E T H THEATRE 8 PM

U N I V E R S I T Y O F V I R G I N I A D E P A R T M E N T O F D R A M A

D E P A R T M E N T O F

UNIVERSITY OF V I R G I N I A

presents

The Cherry Orchard

By A n t o n C h e k h o v Translated by P a u l S c h m i d t

Directed by C l i n t o n J o h n s t o n

Set Design by S a r a E . W a r d

Costume Design by J e n n i e R u h l a n d " ^

Lighting Design by C a r i n E d w a r d s - O r r *

Sound Design by M i c h a e l R a s b u r y

Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design by J a n e M a y e r

Technical Direction by J o h n F o r s m a n " ^

Production Stage Management by J i n n y E . P a r r o n

This translation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD was originally pre­sented by the Rushmore Festival-Woodbury New York

Produced by special arrangement with Helen Merrill, Ltd.

* In partial fulfillment of the thesis requirements for the Master of Fine Arts Degree

There will he one 15-minute intermission.

Cast of Characters L i u b o v R a n y e v s k a y a Jeannie Cahi l l

A n y a Scottie Caldw^ell

V a r y a Jac lyn DiLauro

Leonid G a y e v M a r k Richardson

Yermola i L o p a k h i n Jeben M a r s h a l l

Petya T r o f i m o v R y a n M . Y a n o v i c h

Boris S e m y o n o v - P i s h c h i k A l l e n K. Robinson

Carlotta E r i n N . Stev^art

S e m y o n Y e p i k h o d o v Eang D u

D u n y a s h a M o r g a n Geisert

Firs W i n s t o n Noel

Y a s h a W i l l Gatl in

Homeless man , postmaster, servant W i n k Stone

Stationmaster, servant Zane Johnson

S E T T I N G Act I A room that they still call the nursery in the great manor

house on the Ranyevskaya estate in the Ukraine - Near dawn, early May 1904.

Act 11 A field on the Ranyevskaya estate, on the edge the orchard, near the town - Near dusk, early August, 1904.

Act I I I A sitting room outside the ballroom in the Ranyevskaya n^anor house - August 22, 1904 - nighttime on Auction Day

Act IV The same room as Act I - October, 1904.

who's Who in the Contpanf J e a n n i e C a h i l l (4th year, Drama major) The House oj Bermrda Alha ( U V A Drama) Cafe Moments, Virtuous Burglar (Helms Lab Series) Nme: the Musical (Live Arts) Telisir d'Amore, Suor Angelica (Operafestival di Roma, Italy) ImprovOlympic Theatre Summer Intensive (Chicago, I D .

S c o t t i e C a l d w e l l (2nd year, Drama and French majors) Eulogy for the Sea, Tysistrata, (Helms Lab Series).

J a c l y n D i L a u r o (4th year. Comparative Literature and French majors, English minor) The Hotel Welcome, The American Dream, Savage/Tove (Helms Lab Series) The Grapes of Wrath (Live Arts) The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Coffeehouse X I I I , Summer Theater Festival 2005.

F a n g D u (4th year. Drama major) The Pajama Game, As You Like It ( U V A Drama) The Virtuous Burglar (Helms Lab Series) Barnum, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Mame: The Musical, Ragtime (The M a i n Street Theatre) Winnie the Pooh, Tom Sawyer, The Pied Piper, The Witch, the Wmter and the Wardrobe (The M a i n Street Theatre: Children's series) Patience

Who's Who (conHnued)

(New Lyric Theatre) Kiss Me, Kate (FYP).

C a r i n E d w a r d s - O r r (5rd year Lighting Design M F A Candidate) As You Like It, The Laramie Project, Something Made Up ( U V A Drama) SuhUrhia, Nine (Live Arts) Patience (New Lyric Theatre) The Turn of the Screw (Sideshow Opera Company) .

J o h n F o r s m a n (3rd year Technical Direction M F A Candidate) The Night of the Iguana, LesBlancs, Master Carpenter: The House of Bernarda Alba ( U V A Drama).

W i l l i a m D a l e G a t l i n (2nd year, Undeclared) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Victor-Victoria (FYP).

M o r g a n G e i s e r t (2nd year. Drama major) Tysistrata (Llelms Lab Series).

Z a n e J o h n s o n (4th year. Music and English majors. Physics minor) The Pajama Game ( U V A drama) King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Romeo and Juliet (SotL), 2 years of opera workshop.

C l i n t o n J o h n s t o n (3rd year Directing M F A Candidate) Akhmatova, The Baltimore Waltz, Chatman, Les Blancs, Assistant Director: The Way of the World ( U V A Drama).

J e b e n M a r s h a l l (4th year. Drama major) 4̂5 You Like It ( U V A Drama).

J a n e M a y e r (4th year. Drama and English majors) Private Lives, As You Like It, A Devil Inside ( U V A Drama) A Midsummer Night's Dream (WTF) .

W i n s t o n N o e l (4th year, English major and Drama minor) 4̂5 You Like It ( U V A Drama) Complete Works of Shakespeare (Spectrum) Crazy For You (FYP).

J i n n y L . P a r r o n (4th year. Drama major and Classics minor) 1̂ 5 Blancs ( U V A Drama).

M i c h a e l R a s b u r y (Assistant Professor & Head of Sound Design, Department of Drama).

M a r k A l a n R i c h a r d s o n (3rd year, English and Drama majors. Government minor) LesBlancs ( U V A Drama) Cafe Moments, Playwriting Showcase 2003 (Helms Lab Series) Cyrano de Bergerac (SotL) Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare at the Ruins).

A l l e n K . R o b i n s o n (2nd year, U V A School of Law; 2003 U V A graduate in English and Politics) The Libel Show ( U V A Law) Three Days of Rain, The Book of Liz, Final Payments, Europe's West (Live Arts) Lysistrata (Spectrum) Patience, The Gondoliers, HM.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance (New Lyric Theatre).

J e n n i e R u h l a n d (3rd year Costume Design M F A Candidate) The Way of the World, Something Made Up, Baltimore Waltz, The Ives Have It ( U V A Drama) Five Guys Named Moe (HRT) Le' Elixir de amore (Operaestate), Assistant Designer: The Laramie Project ( U V A Drama) Ragtime, Driving Ms. Daisy, True West (HRT) .

P a u l S c h m i d t , a translator, playwright, and actor, has been involved in the theatre for years as a writer, scholar, and performer He taught for several years at the University of Texas at Aust in and is the translator of Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works and The Collected Works ofVelimir Khlebnikov and the editor of Meyerhold at Work. He is also the author of two books of poetry: Night Life and Winter Solstice. His collected translations of Chekhov's plays were published in 1997.

E r i n N . S t e w a r t (4th year. Psychology and Drama majors) The House of Bernarda Alba, Les Blancs ( U V A Drama) The Colored Museum (Helms Lab Series) Othello (SotL).

W i n k S t o n e (4th year. Music major) U V A acting debut.

S a r a E . W a r d (3rd year Scenic Design M F A Candidate) Big Love, The House of Bernarda Alba, Assistant Designer: Private Lives ( U V A Drama).

R y a n M i c h a e l Y a n o v i c h (4th year, American Politics and Drama majors) Anything Goes, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Return to the Forbidden Planet (HRT) Big Love, The Pajama Game, Cabaret ( U V A Drama) Crazy for You (FYP).

Productiowt Staff far T h e C h e r r y Orchc

A s s i s t a n t S t a g e M a n a g e r s Chris D'Angelo, Deniz E r h a n

A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r Anne Holt

D r a m a t u r g Julia Shebalkin

D a n c e C h o r e o g r a p h e r / P e r i o d M o v e m e n t C o n s u l t a n t Marianne Kubik

D a n c e C a p t a i n Ryan M . Yanovich

S c e n i c D e s i g n A d v i s o r Tom Bloom

D e p a r t m e n t T e c h n i c a l D i r e c t o r S h a w n Paul Evans

S c e n e S h o p F o r e m a n David P. Hale

R u n n i n g C r e w Ashley Blasland, Quinton Turner

S c e n i c C h a r g e P a i n t e r Sara B r o w n

S c e n i c A r t i s t s Kelsey Mosely Christina Ridgway, Michael Baker

S c e n i c S h o p S t a f f Wi l l Hankins, K e v i n Collier, M a r y Copeland, Fang Du,

Jessica Dunnigan, Kristin Freshwater, H o w a r d K i m , Jeremy Owens,

Lindsay Pitts, Chris Riedel, Emi ly Todd, and the students of Drama 223

P r o p s m a s t e r Sara Ward

P r o p e r t i e s A r t i s a n s A m a n d a Hicks, Tom Stephansky,

Melissa Pollock, K e v i n Cross

A s s i s t a n t C o s t u m e D e s i g n e r Jennifer Rankin

C o s t u m e ^ H a i r ^ Wi^s^ ^ M a k e u p D e s i g n A d v i s o r Gweneth West

C o s t u m e S h o p M a n a g e r Josh Bond

C o s t u m e T e c h n o l o g i s t M a r c y Linton

C o s t u m e C u t t e r s M a r c y Linton, Kathy Lang, Joshua Bond

C o s t u m e C o n s t r u c t i o n Keen an Caldwell, Scottie Caldwell,

Megan MacManus , Laurel Maughan, Lindsey McDonald ,

Grace Savage, Jennifer Rankin, and the students of Drama 233

M i l l i n e r Scottie Caldwell

W a r d r o b e M i s t r e s s Cori Mills

W a r d r o b e Leslie C h a n n e l Al l i Lidie, Katie Mellington

L i g h t i n g D e s i g n A d v i s o r R. Lee Kennedy

M a s t e r E l e c t r i c i a n T i m Freeman

L i g h t S h o p M a n a g e r Carin L. E d w a r d s - O r r

B o a r d O p e r a t o r s Scott Keith, Nicole Idoko

L i g h t S h o p S t a f f Nic Lawton, Brian Hickey, A a r o n Rabinowitz,

Katie Mason, Judith Pulman, and the students of Drama 213

B o x O f f i c e M a n a g e r Christina Princi

B o x O f f i c e S t a f f Jonathan Green, Eunj i Ju, Brin

Lukens, Anji l i Pal, Kate Roehr, Shambhavi Singh, Sara Tisdale

F r o n t o f H o u s e S t a f f Liesel Allen-Yeager, M o l l y Coyle, L u Enman,

Ingrid Marable, Jane Mayer, Nadia Sepsenwol, Sara Tisdale

Special Thanhs V C U Costume Departn^ent, U N C - C h a p e l Hil l Costume Department,

The Spectacle Shop at the D o w n t o w n Mal l

r Director's I^otes

J a m e s L i p t o i i : Welcome back to Inside the Actor's Studio and back, of course, to our giant of a guest - medical doctor, master of the short story form, and of course the p lay­wright w h o transformed Western Theatre ... A n t o n Chekhov. [Applause] C h e k h o v : Spasiba. No please. Really. Is not like I am TLo. J L : Excellent. Now, continuing w i t h The Cherry Orchard, the famous story is that y o u wrote it as a comedy. Is this true? C h e k h o v : Da, da. Should be done w i t h light touch. Even sometimes, is almost farce. J L : But, or so the story goes, your original director - Konstantin Stanislavski - disagreed didn't he? C h e k h o v : Da. I kept saying, "Stani, w h a t the h e l l - " J L : I 'm sorry. You called Konstantin Stanislavski, "Stani"? C h e k h o v : Actually, I called h i m "Schmuck-face." t ie just wouldn' t see it! [Sigh] Well, he came from money, y o u know. I think he - h o w y o u say - identified w i t h this fami­ly in the play a little too much. Now, my father was grocer, and his father was serf! In medical school I a m writ ing to support me and m y family! J L : Tru ly remarkable. But, in your play, the local gentry are out of money and can't pay their mortgage. Is this really a comedy? C h e k h o v : Th ink of comedy y o u love. W h a t comes to mind? J L : U m ... The M a r x Brothers. The Cocoanuts. C h e k h o v : I see. I see. A n d w h a t is it about, this Cocoanuts? J L : Well, this hotel is bankrupt, and its owner begs for money. C h e k h o v : H m m . A n d is funny to y o u this story? J L : Yes, it's hilarious ... oh. But it's still different. I mean, here you've written a play about endings. C h e k h o v : But about beginnings as well . J L : But y o u show us characters w h o can clearly see others and yet are blind to them­selves, w h o are driven by and trapped by their self-importance. It was a hundred years ago, and yet these people are still w i t h us. They still are us. H o w can we laugh at that? C h e k h o v : H o w can y o u not?

(Note: This dialogue is a work of fiction. Any actual resemblance to James Lipton or Anton Chekhov is purely coincidental. No world famous, transformative,

literary geniuses were harmed in the making of this dialogue.)

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