LIVE ANIMALS ON—STAGE

PAST PRODUCTION

THE SEAGULL

MAY 14, 2022 FIRST BACKYARD PRODUCTION BROOKLYN, NY
Fiona Selmi and John Murphy read beside a backyard fire during The Seagull

The first Live Animals Onstage backyard production — a rough, intimate Seagull that lit the fuse for the company to come.

Before Live Animals Onstage had a name big enough to hold the chaos, The Seagull gathered artists and friends into a backyard experiment: Chekhov, drinks, string lights, handwritten signs, and the first real proof that the party could become the performance.

CAST + CREATIVE

CAST

  • John Murphy KONSTANTIN TREPLEV
  • Fiona Selmi NINA ZARECHNAYA
  • Ingrid Song MASHA
  • Brandon Hilfer SORIN
  • Terah Ehigiator PAULINA ANDRYEVENA
  • Alex Szrol DORN
  • Genevieve Carlson IRINA ARKADINA
  • Justin Kugel BORIS TRIGORIN

CREATIVE

  • Fiona Selmi ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
  • John Murphy ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

VIDEO ARCHIVE

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE

First backyard video clip
Fiona Selmi and John Murphy beside the handwritten Seagull drink sign
The first Live Animals Onstage Seagull production gathers around a backyard fire
The Seagull audience and performers gathered inside a living room
Fiona Selmi reads as Nina during The Seagull
A film-like image from the first Seagull backyard production
The Seagull performers with scripts in a packed living room
Nina and Masha in the living room production of The Seagull
Nina and Treplev during The Seagull
Treplev and Trigorin shake hands during The Seagull
A handwritten sign reading Drink On Seagull Trifle Love Despair