Free Play Reading - The Cherry Orchard
By: Beau Higgins Jul. 10, 2006
A TREE GROWS IN OAKLAND PARK
The Ghost Light Series' final installment in its Summer Sessions is a reading of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
The nucleus of The Cherry Orchard focuses on a family coming back to their roots to hold on desperately to their past when confronted by the present; due to the matriarch's debts, the family estate is being auctioned off to reconcile them. The family tries several plans to gather the money quickly, even cutting down their famous tree.
This version of The Cherry Orchard was adapted in 2000 by Emily Mann and premiered at Princeton, New Jersey's McCarter Theatre where Mann serves as Artistic Director. Under her direction, the production starred Avery Brooks (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Jane Alexander (The Great White Hope) and John Glover (Smallville.)
Universally acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of world theatre, The Cherry Orchard is a tale where memories haunt, love triangles form and bitter rivalries return to surface. This Chekhov classic reminds us no matter what arises big or small, and with the support of true friends, families will stick together.
Ghost Light's final reading of the Summer, The Cherry Orchard, will be presented on Monday, August 14th , 2006, 7:30pm at the Oakland Park Library, 1298 NE 37th Street. Admission is Free. For more information, please call (954) 270-0998 or e-mail us at ghostlightseries@yahoo.com
THE GHOST LIGHT SERIES presents a play reading of
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Written by Anton Chekhov, adaptation by Emily Mann
Monday, August 14th at 7:30pm
Free Admission
Oakland Park Library
1298 NE 37th Street, Oakland Park
For more information, please call (954) 270-0998 or
e-mail ghostlightseries@yahoo.com.
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