THE SEAGULL
​by
Anton Chekhov
​
CAST
Kristen Blegen as PAULINA
Lara Dohner as NINA
Jazmine Herrington as MASHA
​Alex Koerger as SORIN
Edward Medina as DORN
Niclas Olson as TRIGORIN
Keith Ordonez as MEDVEDENKO
Angela Parisotto as IRINA
Joel Thomas as KONSTANTIN

COSTUMES and SOUND
​Bethany Bevier

ADAPTED and DIRECTED
by
 Niclas Olson

Best of Theater 2018-19
The Weekly Volcano

Nominated for Two
BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards

Best Featured Performer
Joel Thomas

Best Lighting Design
​Niclas Olson
When the aging actress Irina brings popular writer Trigorin to her brother's country estate, it sets off a chain of events that will affect everyone's lives forever. Love blossoms, old stories become new again, and tragedy unfolds on the shores of an idyllic Russian lake as Chekhov's first masterpiece finally comes to the New Muses stage in a beautiful new production.
Dukesbay Theater
508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma, WA
8.9.2019 - 8.25.2019
Friday and Saturday at 8:00    Sundays at 2:00

Press:

"Sliding in under the wire was the New Muses Theatre Company's production of THE SEAGULL. Anton Chekhov's classic tragedy dips its toes into the waters of comedy -- mostly when it comes to the pompous airs of creative types -- but I was mostly met with anxiety. A messy love story populated with desperate artists and fatuous jerks, THE SEAGULL opens with a depiction of every writer's worst nightmare, and only descends further into a deep well of despair. Staged in the cozy confines of Dukesbay Theater, with direction by Niclas Olson, THE SEAGULL presented a disarmingly upfront view of lives falling apart in the name of art and vanity." - Adam McKinney (Weekly Volcano, Best of Theatre 2018-19)
"Though this is an ensemble, with even minor characters given their moments to shine, the core foursome makes up a beautifully solid bedrock. Thomas lends Konstantin a wounded, tightly-wound energy; Dohner establishes Nina's optimism and ambition as honest, not calculating, which makes her arc hit all the harder; Parisotto shows a buried vulnerability underneath Irina's glib, social butterfly exterior; and Olson plays a great horse's ass, relishing Trigorin's lengthy monologues about what a pain it can be to be a gifted writer. Staged in the intimate black box of the Dukesbay Theater, with adaptation and direction by Olson, this is the best use of that modestly sized space I've seen in some time. The audience looms over what is essentially a slow-motion car wreck, as the show's earlier forays into cringe comedy descend into full-blown sorrow, with a bracingly abrupt climax. A fantastic end to New Muses' 10th season." - Adam McKinney (Weekly Volcano)
"The production is all about the acting, which, at least in the performances of the major characters, is excellent. Olson is believably droll in his portrayal of the somewhat aloof writer, and Dohner is marvelously expressive as the overly dramatic Nina, especially in the play within a play. In the earlier parts of the first act, I thought Thomas was straining too hard, but as the play progressed he was quite grounded in the role of Konstantin. The story and the characters are realistic with well fleshed-out human characteristics. This is a play first performed in the final years of the 19th century that set the standard for much of what was to follow in modern theater." - Alec Clayton (Tacoma News Tribune)
A New Muses Theatre Company production at the Dukesbay Theater (508 6th Ave | Tacoma)