Ularu's 'Cherry Orchard Sequel' Opens at LaMaMa Feb.24

LaMaMa E.T.C. will present the UniArt production of The Cherry Orchard Sequel, written and directed by OBIE Award Winner Nic Ularu February 21 – March 9. Previews begin on Thursday, February 21, 2008 and the official opening will be on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at LaMaMa, first floor, (74A East 4th St.).

"It is eighteen years after Chekhov's Cherry Orchard and his characters are struggling with the rain, the mud, and the grand innovating ideologies of the Russian Revolution.  In this production of The Cherry Orchard Sequel everything is lost in a turmoil of booze and blizzard," describe press notes.

Nic Ularu's plays were performed at KO Theatre Festival, MA, Theatre South Carolina, Sibiu International Theatre Festival-Rromania, Teatrul Foarte Mic, Bucharest-Romania, "O" Teatret – Sweden and National Theatre of Constanta – Romania. Besides writing and directing his plays Nic Ularu has extensive design credits in USA, Sweden, Northern Ireland and Romania. Nic was the head of scenography at The National Theatre of Bucharest and has taught scenography in Romania, Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Denmark and Hong Kong. Recent credits includes: 2003 OBIE award for the Talking Band's Painted Snake in a Painted Chair; 2005 co-designer of the exhibit World Stage Design, Canada; 2007 lead designer and curator of the USA National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial Exhibition of Scenography.

The cast of The Cherry Orchard Sequel features Robyn Hunt, Robert Hungerford, Richard Jennings, Paul Kaufman, John Patrick Driscoll, Zach Hanks, Steven Pearson and Patrick Kelly.

Set Design is by Carl Hamilton and Craig Vetter, Costume Design is by Kimi Maeda, Lighting is by James Hunter, Sound Design is by Walter Clissen, and the Production Stage Manager is K. Dale White.

Performances of The Cherry Orchard Sequel are Thursday through Sunday at 8PM and there is a Sunday matinee at 2:30 PM. Tickets are $18 and the theatre is located on the first floor