Fan Casting Varya in The Cherry Orchard

Lyubov's adopted daughter, aged twenty-four. Varya manages the estate and keeps everything in order. She is the glue that holds the family together. The reason that Ranevskaya adopted her remains unclear, though she is said to have come from "simple people" (most likely serfs). Varya fantasizes about becoming a nun, though she lacks the financial means to do so. She adores her mother and sister, and she frets constantly about money. Her relationship with Lopakhin is mysterious; all characters in the play assume that these two are about to be married, but neither of them acts on it.