Sea Gull at Rutgers Presbyterian Church

World Premiere Translation of Sea Gull by John Christopher Jones starts May 8

Adult Film, a Brooklyn-based theatre company, film studio, and actor training center, will be presenting Sea Gull, a new version of Anton Chekhov's play at Rutgers Presbyterian Church for a limited run in the Upper West Side. Previews are May 8 and 9, with performances running May 10-26.

AF artistic director Ryan Czerwonko will be directing and playing Konstantin. The cast features Mia Vallet as Nina, Megan Metrikin as Arkadina, Christian Ryan as Trigorin, Lauren Guglielmello as Masha, Simon Fortin as Sorin, Ira Gamerman as Medvedenko, Christopher Jon Martin as Dorn, Ellie Mae Miller as Paulina, and Peter Rinaldi as Shamrayev, with Rob Riordan understudying.

AF is a group of working class artists that set out in May 2023 with a mission to work on the play for one whole year, seemingly an impossible task in our fragmented hypermodern moment, while recording the process as part of a feature film documentary. With a focus on the show as a laboratory for the art of acting, using the play that changed acting forever, the performances will be a semi-immersive blend of both theatre and film, the two mediums the actor straddles. The piece is rooted in an exciting new translation by John Christopher Jones, whose Cherry Orchard was featured in the Chekhov Cycle at Classic Stage.

Previews are May 8 and 9 for $15 plus ticketing fees, Performances are May 10-26 for $25 plus ticketing fees at 276 W. 73rd St, New York, NY.