The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
305 College Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Translation by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Joshua N Hsu
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’s also infatuated with the more successful writer Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover. Aspirations, family, and romantic entanglements inevitably collide, testing Konstantin and Nina’s 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.
Content Warning
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.
Performance Dates
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
Tickets
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Meet the Cast
Jack Hagan ’27
Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev
Sophia Cattalani ’25
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina
Josie Kim ’27
Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya
Dhruv Chandra ’25
Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin
Kirk Read
Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin
Chris Scotti ’27
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Dorn
Sophie Wheeler ’25
Masha
Aidan Reed Lewinter ’28
Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev
Aidan Bergeron ’27
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko
Ruby Marden ’27
Paulina Andryevna
Sadie Rooney ’27
Yakova
Samantha Manogue ’26
The Cook
Misaki Fukushima ’25
The Maid
Meet the Creative Team
Joshua N Hsu+
Director
Courtney Smith
Production Manager and Lighting Designer
Sophie Hafter ’25*
Stage Manager
B. Christine McDowell
Scenic and Costume Designer
Kerringan Anuszewski ’25**
Scenic Designer
Charles Coes++
Sound Designer
Kati Vecsey
Vocal Director
Justin Moriarty
Technical Director
Rebecca Armstrong
Costume Director
Ananya Rao ’25
Assistant Director and Choreographer
Sammy Weidenthal ’27
Associate Sound Designer
Mikayla Burse ’26
Assistant Stage Manager
Zi Li ’28
Assistant Stage Manager
Jiayi Yang ’26
Dramaturg
Maddie Kemp ’25
Poster Designer
Hollie Pryor++
Intimacy Coordinator
*This performance is offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis in stage management.
**This performance is offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis in design.
+ Bates Learning Associate Guest Artist
++ Guest Artist
THE SEAGULL is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com
Poster design by Maddie Kemp ’25