The Critique Club will meet once a month to read a piece of dramatic literature together out loud, then discuss the content, cultural significance and performance possibilities of the piece.
September's Selection: The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard describes the lives of a group of Russians, in the wake of the Liberation of the serfs. The action takes place over the course of five or six months, but the histories of the characters are so complex that in many ways, the play begins years earlier.