The Cherry Orchard
Presented by Park Avenue Armory
North American Premiere
September 14 – 26, 2026
Monday–Thursday at 7:30 PM
Friday–Saturday at 8:00 PM
Venue: Wade Thompson Drill Hall
(643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065)
Tickets: Tickets start at $45 (including fees)
Run Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including intermission
Performed in Korean with English captions.
The Cherry Orchard, 2024 ⓒ LG Arts Center / Photo: Studio AL, LG Arts Center
This September, Park Avenue Armory presents the North American premiere of award-winning director and dramatist Simon Stone’s Korean-language adaptation of The Cherry Orchard.
Performed by an ensemble of celebrated Korean actors,including Emmy-nominated actor Park Hae-soo (Squid Game) and Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon both in their New York stage debuts, The Cherry Orchard reconfigures Anton Chekhov’s final play in a rapidly evolving modern-day Seoul, examining the lives of a wealthy Korean chaebol family whose values are undermined amidst social change. Balancing sardonic humor and emotional depth, familial rifts deepen within a transparent glass house designed by leading Korean architect Saul Kim, situated in the Armory’s massive Wade Thompson Drill Hall. The Cherry Orchard made its world premiere at LG Arts Center SEOUL in 2024, and runs from September 14 to September 26 at Park Avenue Armory.
◆ PRODUCTION CREDITS
Written and Directed by Simon Stone after Anton Chekhov
Dramaturgy Danbi Yi
Set Design Saul Kim
Costume & Associate Set Design Mel Page
Lighting Design James Farncombe
Music & Sound Design Youngkyu Jang
Originally Produced and Premiered at LG Arts Center SEOUL
Co-commissioned by Adelaide Festival
Adapted by Park Avenue Armory
◆ CAST
Jeon Do-yeon, Park Hae-soo, Son Sang-kyu, Moon Choi, Lee Ji-hye, Nam Yun-ho, Yoo Byung-hoon, Lee Se-jun, Lee Ju-won, Park Hee-jung
◆ About PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Part palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the performing and visual arts that cannot be fully realized in a traditional proscenium theater, concert hall, or white wall gallery. With its soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall—reminiscent of 19th-century European train stations—and an array of exuberant period rooms, the Armory provides a platform for artists to push the boundaries of their practice, collaborate across disciplines, and create new work in dialogue with the historic building. Across its grand and intimate spaces, the Armory enables a diverse range of artists to create, students to explore, and audiences to experience epic, adventurous, relevant work that cannot be done elsewhere in New York.
The Armory both commissions and presents performances and installations in the grand Drill Hall and offers more intimate programming through its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the salon setting of the Board of Officers Room; its Artists Studio series curated by Jason Moran in the restored Veterans Room; Making Space at the Armory, a public programming series that brings together a discipline-spanning group of artists and cultural thought-leaders around the important issues of our time; and the Malkin Lecture Series that features presentations by scholars and writers on topics related to Park Avenue Armory and its history. In addition, the Armory also has a year-round Artists-in-Residence program, providing space and support for artists to create new work and expand their practices.
The Armory’s creativity-based arts education programs provide access to the arts to thousands of students from underserved New York City public schools, engaging them with the institution’s artistic programming and outside-the-box creative processes. Through its education initiatives, the Armory provides access to all Drill Hall performances, workshops taught by Master Teaching Artists, and in-depth residencies that support the schools’ curriculum. Youth Corps, the Armory’s year-round paid internship program, begins in high school and continues into the critical post-high school years, providing interns with mentored employment, job training, and skill development, as well as a network of peers and mentors to support their individual college and career goals.
The Armory is undergoing a multi-phase renovation and restoration of its historic building led by architects Herzog & de Meuron, with Platt Byard Dovell White as Executive Architects.