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Cherry Orchard
TYPE: Narrative Feature
GENRE: Comedy
STATUS: Pre-Production
LOGLINE
An aristocratic family grapples with the loss of their estate as the world spins madly on in Chekhov’s timeless story, anachronistically reimagined through fractured timelines.
SYNOPSIS
Haunted by the past and facing a precarious future, an aristocratic family struggles to hold onto their beloved cherry orchard as their world crumbles around them. Fractured memories, betrayal, slipstreaming timelines, love triangles, and clashing ideologies intertwine as a family adapts to a new era of rapid change and uncertainty.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
Blending theater and film, this project aims to create both a staged theatrical production as well as a cinematic recreation of Chekhov’s classic story that is both timeless and urgently relevant. "Cherry Orchard" is not simply a story about the past, but a mirror to our present, reminding us that even in the face of uncertainty and change, the human spirit endures.
KEY CREW
Meg Case - Producer
Meg Case is an NYC-based filmmaker exploring alternative visual forms over the last decade, including feature films, shorts, music videos, and interdisciplinary theatrical productions. She also collaborates with Brad Porter as Case & Porter, co-creating and directing short films using an experimental and explorative approach prioritizing process over result. Their work has screened and been awarded at festivals and events around the world including Les Femmes Underground, NoBudge, VideoArt and Experimental FF, Imagine This Women's FF, and more. Their most recent in-production collaboration “Chekhovian” was awarded a NYFA New Work grant. (caseandporterprojects.com)
Brad Porter - Producer
Brad Porter is an NYC-based filmmaker with 15 years experience as a director and cinematographer of feature films, experimentals, commercials, and interdisciplinary theatrical productions. He received his MFA from Chapman University and has taught filmmaking to undergraduate students at universities in Michigan and England for eight years. Most recently, he's collaborated with his partner, Meg Case, as Case & Porter co-creating transportive and transformative films which explore a personal and immediate cinema. Their work has screened and been awarded at festivals and events around the world including Les Femmes Underground, NoBudge, Video Art and Experimental FF, and more. Their most recent in-production collaboration “Chekhovian” was awarded a NYFA New Work grant. (caseandporterprojects.com)
Ryan Czerwonko - Producer
Ryan Czerwonko is the artistic director of Adult Film, where he acts, directs, and teaches. With guest starring and recurring roles on NBC's "The Endgame", "Chicago Med", and "Chicago Fire", Ryan has also appeared in "Cherry" (AGBO Films), "Paint" (IFC Films), "The Deuce", and "Watchmen" (HBO), among others, working with directors like The Russo Brothers, James Franco, Nicole Kassell, and Roland Joffe. Recently, he was in Ariana Grande's music video for her song "Yes, And?", and has worked on stages across the country at George Street Playhouse, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, First Folio Theatre, and more. Upcoming: "The Electric State" (Netflix), directed by the Russo Brothers. (www.adultfilm.nyc)
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