Arlekin Players Theatre and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation co-present:

chekhovOS /an experimental game/,

the latest workshop from Arlekin's Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab

A LIVE, INTERACTIVE, VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE will be hosted on zerogravity.ART.

An Interactive Virtual Theater Experience starring Jessica Hecht, Anna Baryshnikov, Anna Bortnick, Darya Denisova, Jeffrey Hayenga, Melanie Moore, Nael Nacer, Mark Nelson and with Mikhail Baryshnikov as Anton Chekhov.

Followed by live talkback with members of the cast & creative team.

Moderated by Joyce Kulhawik, Emmy Award-Winning A&E Critic.

chekhovOS /an experimental game/ is an experiment in development by Arlekin Players Theatre’s founder and director Igor Golyak, who has been a leading innovator of virtual theater since the start of the pandemic. Adapted from Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and drawing from recordings of Chekhov’s letters and dreams, this interactive online theater experience accesses the operating system behind both Chekhov’s computer and the world in which his characters live, searching for happiness.

This event is free, please reserve your ticket and you will receive the Zoom link by email the day before the show.

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chekhovOS /an experimental game/ is made possible by is made possible with generous support from producing sponsor .ART, ArtsEmerson, Baryshnikov Arts Center, BroadBand Collaborative, Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation, Fooksman Family Foundation, Meghan Coleman, Robin Hanley, ZiphyCare, and Aximmetry Technologies Ltd., the official software provider for Arlekin's Zero Gravity (zero-G) Lab.