NYU SOPHOMORE SHOW

STUPID F##KING BIRD

by Aaron Posner

directed by Illana Stein

An aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother’s generation. A nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be. In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, Aaron Posner stages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, in search of the true meaning of it all. Original songs composed by James Sugg draw the famously subtextual inner thoughts of Chekhov’s characters explicitly to the surface. STUPID FUCKING BIRD will tickle, tantalize, and incite you to consider how art, love, and revolution fuel your own pursuit of happiness.

Cast

Conrad – Devin Lee

Dev – Adam Parbhoo

Mash – Sarah Anne Long

Nina – Zoey Burger

Emma Arkadina – Sophie Schulman

Doyle Trigorin -Carmine Mastrokostas

Dr. Eugene Sorn – Andres Goldszmidt