A blue watercolored background with a silhouette of a bird holding a straw. Within the bird, a sign that reads Welcome to Martha's Vineyard and a house in the background with a blue sky and clouds above fill in the bird.
DATE

Friday, November 17

YEAR

2023

TIME

10:00 am

VENUE

Wilkins Theatre

CATEGORY

On School Time

PRICE

$ 13 public

The Seagull

 

Presented by the Kean Theatre Conservatory
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Thomas W. Jones II
Directed by E. Teresa Choate

Set in the Russian countryside during the late 19th century, this classic comedy . . . scratch that! Chekhov’s The Seagull is about always falling in love with the person who’s never in love with you, about youth slamming into the obstacle of the older generation, about dreams being deferred over and over until you’re ready to explode. The Seagull laughs at the absurdity of life, then and now. In this new adaptation, written for the Kean Theatre Conservatory, the idealistic, early 1970s smacks headlong into the realities of the future. Set in the posh African American enclave of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard: Shades of Black, Brown, Tan-n-Beige converge to chase tail and seek fame. No one’s longing for Moscow here, but New York City and Hollywood’s calling. And the future is anybody’s guess.

The Seagull

DATE

Friday, November 17

YEAR

2023

TIME

10:00 am

VENUE

Wilkins Theatre

PRICE

$ 13 public

 

Presented by the Kean Theatre Conservatory
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Thomas W. Jones II
Directed by E. Teresa Choate

Set in the Russian countryside during the late 19th century, this classic comedy . . . scratch that! Chekhov’s The Seagull is about always falling in love with the person who’s never in love with you, about youth slamming into the obstacle of the older generation, about dreams being deferred over and over until you’re ready to explode. The Seagull laughs at the absurdity of life, then and now. In this new adaptation, written for the Kean Theatre Conservatory, the idealistic, early 1970s smacks headlong into the realities of the future. Set in the posh African American enclave of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard: Shades of Black, Brown, Tan-n-Beige converge to chase tail and seek fame. No one’s longing for Moscow here, but New York City and Hollywood’s calling. And the future is anybody’s guess.