Stupid F*cking Bird Set to Take Flight at Arden Theatre Company

Stupid F*cking Bird begins performances tonight at Arden Theatre Company.

The play is a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, taking those missed opportunities, feelings of unrequited love, and misplaced dreams, and setting them squarely in the bustle of 21st century life. Playwright Aaron Posner, who has also adapted Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, directs the Philadelphia premiere of his play.

The cast includes Cindy De La Cruz (Nina), Grace Gonglewski (Emma), Dan Hodge (Dev), Alex Keiper (Mash), Karl Miller (Doyle Trigorin), Reynaldo Piniella, and Greg Wood. They are supported by the production team of Kris Stone (set design), Katherine Fritz (costume design), Thom Weaver (lighting design), Daniel Perelstein (sound design), and Amy Smith (choreography).

"After writing the adaptations that I started doing at the Arden like The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, Stupid F*cking Bird was my first time writing something much more original," said Posner. "There are no lines from Chekhov. My goal is not to serve Chekhov, but to use his work as my playground. In this case, the playground Chekhov stakes out is the tricky, human, day-to-day…of life. Not being loved by the right person, hard family dynamics, everything he writes about are issues that go deep and wide for everyone, and are ones that I have strong connections to and feelings about."

Performances run through October 16.

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