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Orlando
Wed 3 – Sat 6 September 2025
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by Sarah Ruhl
Adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf
Directed by Tal Schatsky
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Orlando is an Odyssean-style coming-of-age epic, a surrealist dreamscape, a campy, anticolonial satire, and a liberated queer utopia. It is also one of the greatest love letters of all time.
Its title character, inspired by Woolf’s great love Vita Sackville West, embarks on a centuries-long fantastical adventure, meets a series of parodied historical and literary figures, changes gender, and finds, loses and ultimately re-finds love. It’s a journey that traverses boundaries of time, place, gender, and sexuality and asks what it means to find (or is it construct?) one’s identity and a sense of belonging. This ensemble staging of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation will lean into the playfulness, imagination, individuality, and joy at the centre of Woolf’s original work.
ORLANDO was commissioned by Joyce Piven and was first produced at the Piven Theater Workshop, directed by Joyce Piven. It was subsequently produced at the Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles, produced by Tim Robins, and directed by Joyce Piven. It was produced in New York at Classic Stage Company, produced by Brian Kullick, directed by Rebecca Taichman.
Please note due to unforeseen circumstances, the role of Orlando in this performance will be played by production director, Tal Schatsky. Tal will perform with script-in-hand.
Cast
Creative Team
Director Tal Schatsky
Composer & Sound Designer Alan Penman
Set & Costume Mentor Kirstin Rodger
Lighting Designer Benny Goodman
Intimacy Co-ordinator Sharon Mackay
Production Team
Production Manager Jacqueline Howard
Company Stage Manager Tamsin Harper Jenkins
Stage Manager on book Heather Milne
Production Electrician Jamie Murray
Production Sound Engineer / Swing Tech Gun Lai
Stage Supervisor Nathan George