Quantum Theatre’s production of The Seagull, adapted and directed by Joanie Schultz, takes Anton Chekhov’s tangled web of family dysfunction, artistic dissonance, and consequentially bad choices, and puts all the cards on the table in a way that feels as accessible as a work from the 1890s can, when seen through the lens of 2025.
Quantum Theatre brings director Joanie Schultz’s gender-swapped adaptation of “The Seagull” to picturesque Chatham University. “What a gift to have somebody say, ‘Great, let’s do it,’” Schultz said of presenting “The Seagull” as a queer story. “And [Karla Boos] found this beautiful place to do it, and that’s been awesome. I mean, yesterday, we were doing a run-through, and there’s just like deer in the scenery, and you’re like, ‘OK. This is perfect.’ ”
