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.’ ”
By SHARON EBERSON Quantum Theatre gave a few dozen patrons a peek at the future on Saturday, March 15, with a preview of the first show of the 2025-26 season, the Joanie Schultz adaptation of Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, and… Read More ›
The gnawing anxieties and insecurities and ceaseless self-doubt of the emerging artists are the starts of Anton Chekov’s lauded, and now somewhat notorious, masterpiece The Seagull. The source material for several derivative pieces including the nihilistic, modernized adaptation, Stupid F*cking… Read More ›
With the school season beginning again, Duquesne’s Red Masquers have an exciting line up of absurdist and metatheatrical shows that promise to titillate the minds of their audiences. This season, the Masquers explore plays relying on the Shakespearean motif of,… Read More ›
