Theatre Novi Most to Stage THE SEAGULL

Theatre Novi Most presents the iconic Russian classic by Anton Chekhov about love, art and the power and meaning of symbols, The Seagull. Staged by Russian director and Novi Most co-artistic director, Vladimir Rovinsky, this production disengages the play from the cliche?s of samovars, corsets, and the "mysterious Russian soul" and instead addresses our contemporary world of disconnection and the desperate longing for love that is our seething, vibrating underbelly. In this existential and darkly humorous mediation on the stakes of living life and making art, Theatre Novi Most reminds us that Chekhov is supremely one of us.

This work is presented as part of The Southern Theater's ARTshare program, in repertory with three new works of dance by local choreographers, and includes a distinguished team of Twin Cities artists: actors Barbra Berlovitz (Arkadina) and Pearce Bunting (Dorn) return from last year's Rehearsing Failure and Julianna Drajko (Masha) will be doing her third role with the company after her work in M2:Mayakovsky and Marinetti and The Oldest Story in the World. They are joined by Novi Most newcomers Nathan Christopher (Treplev), Paul de Cordova (Trigorin), Terry Hempleman (Sorin), Kimberly Richardson (Paulina), Shelby Richardson (Nina), Matt Wall (Medvedenko), and Garrett Vollmer (Shamrayev) with Kenzi Allen, Alec Lambert, Rick Miller, and Bree Schmidt in the ensemble. The creative team includes Michael Burden, Johanna Gorman-Baer, Zeb Hults, Kalen Keir, Ian Knodel, Jeni O'Malley, Bill Prouty, Jack Tillman, and Jared Zeigler.

In conjunction with the run of The Seagull, the company is also offering pre-show talks about Anton Chekhov and Russian Theatre as well as a lecture demonstration in Russian Acting Techniques.