The Cherry Orchard: Chekov’s Tragic Comedy
Pacific Resident Theatre (Venice, CA)
Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, his final and perhaps greatest play, is still as relevant today, with its treatment of mortgage and debt and a changing socioeconomic climate, as it was when it opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904. A cherry orchard, holding years of family memories within its blossoms and branches, is the pride and joy of the owners of an estate. However, it’s about to be sold at auction unless delinquent property taxes are paid — but no one seems to be willing able to grasp the gravity of the situation.
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