WRITER & DIRECTOR
Presented by UQ Drama
UQ Drama Pavilion, May 2024
Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s classic play The Cherry Orchard, and reimagined by writer and director Daniel Lammin, the University of Queensland’s Drama students are proud to present A Cherry Orchard, a cross-generational comedy on class, money, and real estate. Over the past twelve weeks, the students have worked as both cast and creatives, collaborating with Lammin to reimagine Chekhov’s masterpiece with an updated lexicon and cultural context for the modern audience. Blisteringly funny, unexpectedly moving and quietly furious, A Cherry Orchard reimagines one of the great plays of all time with some of the most persistent concerns of our time.
Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya: Eloise Collins
Anya: Genevieve Whittred
Varya: Molly Prieditis
Leonid Andreevich Gaev: Jay Maudsley
Yermolay Alexseich Lopakhin: Jason Truong
Pyotr Sergeevich Trofimov: Louis Schneider-Maunoury
Bronya Bronyavich Simeonov-Pischik: Grace Starr
Semyon Panteleevich Yepikhodov: Emily Pell
Dunyasha: Talia Bozdemir
Firs: Aisyah Sorfina Arif Asmawi
Yasha: Ellora Smithson
Vagrant: Grace Zhan
Production Manager: Molly Prieditis
Stage Managers: Emily Pell & Grace Zhan
Sound Design: Eloise Collins & Jason Truong
Lighting Design: Jay Maudsley & Aisyah Sorfina Arif Asmawi
Production Design: Louis Schneider-Maunoury
Costume Design: Ellora Smithson & Talia Bozdemir
Choreography/Front of House: Grace Starr
Marketing: Genevieve Whittred
Assistant Stage Manager: Gigi Mclaren
Lighting Operator: Ben Slimacek
Sound Operator: Stuart Cochrane
Photography: Keegan Edwards
Poster Image by Jay Maudsley
Poster Concept by Genevieve Whittred
Poster Design by Daniel Lammin