STUPID FUCKING BIRD

SEASON 2014

By Aaron Posner
Sort of Adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Michael Michetti

A co-production with Circle X Theatre Co.

In this irreverent remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, an aspiring young director rails against art created by his mother’s generation, a nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist, and everyone discovers just how disappointing life, art, and growing up can be. Chekhov’s characters still ruminate on love, revolution and the pursuit of happiness, but this time with a lot more snark as the subtext bubbles to the surface. With music, meta-theatricality, and mad humor, playwright Aaron Posner beats The Seagull to a bloody fucking pulp.

cast

Adam Silver
Amy Pietz
Arye Gross
Charlotte Gulezian
Zarah Miller
Will Bradley
Matthew Floyd Miller

Production Team

Scenic Design – Stephanie Kerley Schwartz
Lighting Design – Elizabeth Harper
Sound Design – Rob Oriol
Costume Design – Mallory Kay Nelson
Video Design – Sean Cawelti
Properties Design – Jenny Smith Cohn
Casting – Julia Flores
Production Stage Manager – Andrew Lia
Graphic Design – Mila Sterling
Production Photography – Ed Krieger

Stupid Fucking Bird is the most authentic, self-aware, playful, pathos-filled, unassuming and world-wise adaptation of Chekhov I’ve seen since Louis Malle’s 1992 film, Vanya on 42nd Street. How does one have Chekhov speak to 21st-century America? See this production.” – LA Weekly

“Director Michael Michetti leads what may be Charles McNulty’s favorite ensemble of year: The whole profane title of Stupid … Bird which opened last weekend at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, can’t be printed in a family newspaper. But I can entreat those of you with a love of Anton Chekhov and a taste for theatrical horseplay to rush out and see Aaron Posner’s bright, jocular and not in the least offensive modernization of The Seagull.” – LA Times

Chekhov aficionados open to the humanizing of his high-brow archetypes will delight in playwright Aaron Posner’s smartly written and irreverent take on Anton Chekhov’s classic The Seagull. As briskly directed by Michael Michetti, the first act whizzes by with the prerequisite introductions and conflicting relationships identified, eliciting loads of laughter and unexpected audience interactions.” – Broadway World

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