A young artist stages an experimental production in his backyard, a famous Russian actress visits her family in provincial America, and everyone is in love with each other.
For the first show in our second season, Dacha returned to our roots with a multilingual, backyard take on The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. We combined parts of existing translations, our own translation, bits of the original Russian text, and new whimsical additions to create a “tra-daptation” of Chekhov’s Chaika.
In September 2017, Dacha produced The Seagull by Anton Chekhov in a very familiar setting – an early autumn evening in a Phinney Ridge backyard. Mike Lion directed this "tra-daptation," treating the Chekhov text playfully and including sections of the original Russian.
The entire process was done in just 14 days, with only four public performances in a Phinney Ridge backyard. Not many folks were able to see this low-capacity show, and so now we're inviting you into our digital backyard to watch a stream of our archival footage!
For the first show in our second season, Dacha returned to our roots with a multilingual, backyard take on The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. We combined parts of existing translations, our own translation, bits of the original Russian text, and new whimsical additions to create a “tra-daptation” of Chekhov’s Chaika.
In September 2017, Dacha produced The Seagull by Anton Chekhov in a very familiar setting – an early autumn evening in a Phinney Ridge backyard. Mike Lion directed this "tra-daptation," treating the Chekhov text playfully and including sections of the original Russian.
The entire process was done in just 14 days, with only four public performances in a Phinney Ridge backyard. Not many folks were able to see this low-capacity show, and so now we're inviting you into our digital backyard to watch a stream of our archival footage!
