THE SEAGULL
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
July 10-19
NKU Stauss Theatre [Highland Heights]
Cast: Tony Bergman as John Adams, Dave Abbott as Benjamin Franklin, Justin Hanks as Thomas Jefferson, Ray Kammer as Robert Livingston, Steve Catlin as Roger Sherman, David Manegold as Richard Henry Lee, Mark Culp as Stephen Hopkins, Eri Smith as Col. Thomas McKean, Charlie Rader as Caesar Rodney, Ben Essex as Edward Rutledge, John Sloan as John Dickinson, Kent Smith as Rev. John Witherspoon, Carl Cohn as Joseph Hewes, Fred Hunt as Dr. Josiah Bartlett, Ray Lebowski as Lewis Morris, Andrew Theademan as Judge James Wilson, Chris Sayer as George Read, Thomas Shickel as Samuel Chase, Phil Catlin as Dr. Lyman Hall, Stephanie Dalsfoist as William Whipple, Finn Connelly as Elbridge Gerry, Nick Biron as William Williams, Kassidy Mayernik as Abigail Adams, Sydney Pool as Martha Jefferson, Andy McClary as John Hancock, Max Collins-Posa as Charles Thomson, Tim Breithaupt as Andrew McNair, Finn Brockwell as Leather Apron/Painter, Gregory Manegold as Con. Steward Asst. & Luke Manegold as The Courier
The Seagull is a bittersweet drama about unrequited love, artistic ambition, and the destructive nature of selfishness. The story revolves around a complex web of romantic and creative rivalries on a Russian country estate. Irina, a fading, middle-aged actress; Trigorin, a dissolute but popular writer whom greatness has passed by, and the actress’ frustrated, melancholy son Constantin who is lovesick over Nina, are the players in this bittersweet tragedy of lives and love gone wrong. Nina, enchanted by the debonair Trigorin and obsessed with acting on the stage, follows Trigorin to the city where she bears him a child and becomes a common dilletante. Ultimately deserted by the older man, Nina returns and again rejects Constantin’s overtures of love.
- Fri-Sat, July 10-11 at 7:30pm
- Sun, July 12 at 2pm
- Fri-Sat, July 17-18 at 7:30pm
- Sun, July 19 at 2pm
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