Photo Flash: First Look at Kate Burton & More in Huntington's THE SEAGULL

Real-life mother and son Tony and Emmy Award nominee Kate Burton (The Corn is Green, The Cherry Orchard, Hedda Gabler at the Huntington) and Morgan Ritchie (The Corn Is Green) play mother and son onstage together for the first time when they return to the Huntington Theatre Company for a lush new production of Anton Chekhov's passionate classic The Seagull. Huntington favorite Maria Aitken (The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal) will direct the Paul Schmidt translation of the classic of world drama about love, missed connections, and what it means to be an artist. Performances of The Seagull continue at the Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre through April 6, 2014 at the BU Theatre; Opening Night is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12. Check out a first look below!

The Seagull is directed by Maria Aitken and features Kate Burton, Nancy E. Carroll, Kyle Cherry, Thomas Derrah, Meredith Holzman, Ted Koch, Nael Nacer, Morgan Ritchie, Don Sparks, Auden Thornton, and Marc Vietor with June Baboian, Melissa Jesser, and Jeff Marcus.

Scenic design is by Ralph Funicello, costume design is by Robert Morgan, lighting design is by James F. Ingalls, sound design is by Drew Levy, and original music is by Mark Bennett.

Photos by: T. Charles Erickson

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