The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov


Theoretical Set Design 

University Theater, Yale University

2023

Recognized as one of the best well-written play of all time, my take to the space was wondering how it would be like to see the actual Cherry Orchard as they mentioned many times that there is a field of the trees outside the estate but the audiences don’t see them. I imagine the interior of the nursery decaying, the ceiling act as a way for lights to highlight the trees, not trying to hide them as it appears in act II. The last scene where everybody leaves the estate to its fate, the trees are being cut down and Firs come out, accepting his fate of being left to rot in this place. 

The Nursery

The Meadow

The Ballroom

Everyone is about to leave the estate

Empty nursery with Firs locked in the decaying estate

Another option developed during the process