The play opens in May, inside the cherry orchard estate friends, neighbors, and servants are preparing for the long-awaited return of Madame Ranevsky, the mistress of the house, and her daughter Anya. The action takes place over the course of five or six months, but the histories of the characters are so complex that in many ways, the play begins years earlier. Thanks also to Charlie Capps and Allison Blaine for their help on this project.The Cherry Orchard describes the lives of a group of Russians, in the wake of the Liberation of the serfs. Special thanks: We are eternally grateful to the following collaborators, who left indelible marks on this production: Charles Grant, Kate Duffly, and Maggie Heath. They are so excited to be making a guest appearance in The Cherry Orchard and look forward to future work with PETE! Olivia is also a recent grad of the 2021-2022 ICP cohort and was featured in ENDURANCE (the show) and Between the Two of Us in the Fleshed Out Festival. She was first brought to PETE via the opportunity to assistant direct their 2020 production, Beckett Women. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, and The Kinsman Foundation.ģ017 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202įrom Thursday June 23rd through Sunday June 26th the role of Anya was played by Olivia Mathews. Olivia Mathews is a local theatre dreamer in Portland. Made possible with support from Ronni LaCroute, Pancho Savery, Harold Goldstein & Carol Streeter, Ellen Walkley & Brian Myers, Charlotte Rubin, Reed College, the Regional Arts and Cultural Council, The Mental Insight Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, The Oregon Cultural Trust, The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, The Collins Foundation, the Fred W. The green and red of Russian military uniforms are transformed into racing-striped tracksuit pants for Lopakhin, and the comical figure of Gayev struts around the stage in white face powder (complete with faux beauty mark) and lace cravat and cuffs attached to a grey union suit (complete with buttoned back flap). Ranyevskaya’s engulfing white coat marries the sumptuousness of a Zhivago fur with the insulation of a quilted duvet, while Varya’s pragmatic attire flirts between Russian peasant and off-the-grid survivalist. Jenny Ampersand’s costume design is particularly adept at merging the iconography of the source material with the production’s ecocritical spin. Production Management & Technical Direction: Molly Gardnerįront of House Manager: India Roper-Moyes Sound: Mark Valadez 'PETE pushes situations to the boundaries of absurdity (and often beyond) to reveal deeper truths about human nature'Īdditional Choreography and Creation: Charles Grant Cast: Jacob Coleman, Murri Lazaroff-Babin, Rebecca Lingafelter, Sofia Marks, Cristi Miles, Amber Whitehall

Chekhov the cherry orchard