Atlantic Announces Full Cast of The Cherry Orchard

Mary Steenburgen will not be part of the Atlantic Theater Company production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard as previously announced. The cast of the show will instead be composed of Brooke Adams, Larry Bryggman, Scott Foley, Alvin Epstein, Mary McCann, Todd Weeks, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Laura Breckenridge, Pepper Binkley, Erin Gann, Peter Maloney and Diana Ruppe. No reason was given for Steenburgen's withdrawal.

The Cherry Orchard is about a world in transition, where a group of uprooted characters attempt to figure out their fate when history renders their way of life obsolete. Lyubov Ranevskaya Adams is called home from Paris to Russia to deal with the imminent sale of her estate, including her family's beloved cherry orchard. Yermaolai Lopakhin Whitlock Jr., a former serf from the estate and newly successful businessman offers the solution to all their problems. The Atlantic will be presenting Tom Donaghy's new translation of the classic.

Adams appeared on Broadway in The Heidi Chronicles. Bryggman is currently appearing in the Atlantic's production of David Mamet's Romance. Foley, best known for being a co-star on the television series Felicity, appeared on the Great White Way in The Violet Hour. Epstein recently starred off-Broadway in Endgame. McCann's Atlantic Theater credits include Five Very Live, Missing Persons, Edmond, This Thing of Darkness and The Night Heron. Weeks' Atlantic credits include Three Sisters, Distant Fires, Five Very Live, Shaker Heights, Missing Persons, Therese Raquin and Sea of Tranquility. Whitlock Jr., who appeared at the Atlantic in Edmond, is best known for his work on the HBO series The Wire. Breckenridge's Gotham theatrical credits include The Crucible on Broadway and The Moonlight Room off-Broadway. Bikley is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art whose credits include stagings of Women of Troy, The Duke of Milan, Richard III and A Streetcar Named Desire. Gann's theatrical credits include Barstool Words and Romeo and Juliet. Maloney's Broadway credits include Our Town, Six Degrees of Separation, Carousel, Arcadia, Judgment at Nuremberg and Dinner at Eight. Ruppe serves as an understudy for the current off-Broadway production of Hurlyburly.

The Cherry Orchard, directed by Scott Zigler, will begin previews May 25 and officially open on June 15. Its limited engagement is scheduled to end on July 3.