The Seagull / Woodstock, NY
by Thomas Bradshaw

Off-Broadway

The Seagull / Woodstock, NY Book Cover — The Seagull / Woodstock, NY Cover

Highlights

Female

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120 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

A group of New York theatre people retreat to a house in the Hudson Valley hoping to get away from it all.

Except they can’t seem to escape the ambitions, rivalries and fragile egos that follow them everywhere.

Chekhov’s sharp satirical eye for hypocrisy and self-absorption among well-meaning people is given fresh, fun emphasis in this contemporary reworking of a masterpiece.

Press Reviews

"Deeply enjoyable... Fortunately, in his contemporary remodeling of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, playwright Thomas Bradshaw reveals both writerly flair and respect for the old master... Bradshaw seasons his Seagull with funny, theater-world tidbits, accessible references that won’t exclude audience members who don’t curate their own collections of framed Playbills."
— Washington Post

"The birch trees are banished, and in their place blooms a riotous garden of profanity and sexual frankness."
— Charles Isherwood, The Wall Street Journal

"A devilishly fun time with people who are the absolute worst."
— Andscape

"Gleefully profane and irreverent... smarts and general bitchiness are at a premium."
— The Daily Beast

"A cheerfully vulgar refurbishing."
— The Observer

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Kevin White, twenties. A writer. Irene’s son.	—	—	White, twenties. A writer. Irene’s son.
Mark Thirties. A teacher.	—	—	Thirties. A teacher.
Sasha Twenties. Darren and Pauline’s daughter.	female	—	Twenties. Darren and Pauline’s daughter.
Samuel Fifties. Irene’s best friend. Retired lawyer.	—	—	Fifties. Irene’s best friend. Retired lawyer.
Nina Bi-Racial, early twenties.	—	—	Bi-Racial, early twenties.
Pauline Fifties. Irene’s good friend.	—	—	Fifties. Irene’s good friend.
Dean Fifties, a brain surgeon.	—	—	Fifties, a brain surgeon.
Darren Fifties. Pauline’s husband.	male	—	Fifties. Pauline’s husband.
William African American, forties. A well-known writer.	—	—	African American, forties. A well-known writer.
Irene White, fifties, an actress.	female	—	White, fifties, an actress.