{"id":5557,"date":"2024-08-30T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/?post_type=bates_events&p=5557"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:17:08","slug":"the-seagull-by-anton-chekhov","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/events\/the-seagull-by-anton-chekhov\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seagull by Anton Chekhov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Translation by Paul Schmidt
<\/strong>Directed by Joshua N Hsu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konstantin is a young playwright struggling with his artistic identity and complicated relationship with his famous actor mother, Arkadina. Konstantin’s also in love with Nina, a naive aspiring actor, who\u2019s also infatuated with the more successful writer Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover. Aspirations, family, and romantic entanglements inevitably collide, testing Konstantin and Nina\u2019s sense of worth and purpose. Chekhov’s wry classic skillfully intertwines the ordinary with the poetic, illustrating the duality of human existence: an existence where our dreams give us the drive to move forward, but our decisions haunt us at every turn. “The Seagull” is a darkly comedic exploration of unfulfilled ambitions, unrequited love, and the bittersweet nature of artistic success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content Warning<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This production includes strong sexual content, mental illness, self-harm, intentional self-injury, discussion of suicide, alcohol abuse, offstage gunshots, simulations of using tobacco, and a realistic-looking firearm prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance Dates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 6th at 7:30 pm
Friday, March 7th at 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 8th at 5:00pm
Sunday, March 9th at 2:00pm
Monday, March 10th at 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Admission to all Department of Theater and Dance events is free, but tickets are required. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are available now! <\/strong>Reserve online at our eventbrite page<\/a> or by calling the Box Office at 207-786-6161. We’re open Monday through Friday, 10am – 4pm. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jack Hagan ’27<\/strong>
Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Cattalani ’25<\/strong>
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Josie Kim ’27<\/strong>
Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dhruv Chandra ’25<\/strong>
Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kirk Read<\/strong>
Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Scotti ’27<\/strong>
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Dorn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sophie Wheeler ’25<\/strong>
Masha<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aidan Reed Lewinter ’28<\/strong>
Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aidan Bergeron ’27<\/strong>
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ruby Marden ’27<\/strong>
Paulina Andryevna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sadie Rooney ’27<\/strong>
Yakova<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Samantha Manogue ’26<\/strong>
The Cook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Misaki Fukushima ’25<\/strong>
The Maid<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joshua N Hsu<\/strong>+
Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Courtney Smith<\/strong>
Production Manager and Lighting Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sophie Hafter ’25*<\/strong>
Stage Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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B. Christine McDowell<\/strong>
Scenic and Costume Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kerringan Anuszewski ’25**<\/strong>
Scenic Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Charles Coes++<\/strong>
Sound Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kati Vecsey<\/strong>
Vocal Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Justin Moriarty<\/strong>
Technical Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Armstrong
<\/strong>Costume Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ananya Rao ’25<\/strong>
Assistant Director and Choreographer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sammy Weidenthal ’27<\/strong>
Associate Sound Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mikayla Burse ’26<\/strong>
Assistant Stage Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zi Li ’28<\/strong>
Assistant Stage Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jiayi Yang ’26<\/strong>
Dramaturg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maddie Kemp ’25<\/strong><\/strong>
Poster Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hollie Pryor++<\/strong>
Intimacy Coordinator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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*This performance is offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis in stage management.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

**This performance is offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis in design.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ Bates Learning Associate Guest Artist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++ Guest Artist<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

THE SEAGULL is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poster design by Maddie Kemp ’25<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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