The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. A Fernán Gómez Theatre production. Cultural Center of the City. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre on January 17, 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski and starring Olga Knipper, Chekhov’s wife. One hundred and twenty years after that premiere, Chekhov has become a classic of world drama, and his theatre has been revealed to us over time, allowing us to understand his universe a little better.

Chekhov speaks not only of late 19th-century Russia, but also of disoriented and bewildered people at a crossroads or in a labyrinth that overwhelms and knocks them out. They are afraid, very afraid, and they deceive themselves while expressing their highest aspirations, their noblest purposes, but without the will to carry them out. In our 21st century, filled with questions about what our existence will be like, on the threshold of a new era, we find The Cherry Orchard, more relevant than ever.