They say there are two sides to every story.
Swine Palace’s latest project will explore how the same story and themes can transform with different settings and tones as, for the first time, they present two plays in rotating repertory—meaning two shows staged simultaneously in alternating slots. The plays—Anton Chekhov’s classic The Seagull and Aaron Posner’s modern adaptation Stupid F***ing Bird—feature most of the same cast of professional actors and LSU MFA students but vastly different deliveries.
Also differing between the two plays is their direction. Veteran international director Gavin Cameron-Webb, whose credits include many Shakespearean works and a teaching stint at Juilliard, has taken on direction for the straightforward Chekhov classic, while Risa Brainin, chair and director of performance of the Department of Theater and Dance at University of California, Santa Barbara, leads the farcical, postmodern adaptation.