Chekhov's masterful last play is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world. Translated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya

Hector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich Gayev

Michael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin

Jennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna)

Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov

Christy Keefe as Anya Ranyevskaya

Amy Pietz as Varya Ranyevskaya

Jordan Baker as Charlotta Ivanovna

Jeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-Pischick

Charles Durning as Feers

Jon Chardiet as Yasha/Passer-By

Tim DeKay as Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April of 2001.