Orlando Shakes’ season opens September 2019 with the multi-Tony award winning musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. Set in Argentina, the musical follows Evita Duarte’s on her journey from a poor illegitimate child to the…
Kenyan actor, Junior Nyong'o, is making his equity debut as Hamlet! Junior sat down with us to discuss poetry, Pottermore, and his craft. Orlando Shakes: How does this production of Hamlet bring something new…
Orlando Shakes’ Fire and Reign series will take audiences on an epic journey of Shakespeare’s own version of “Game of Thrones.” Orlando Shakes will produce seven Shakespeare productions in chronological order, exploring wars, alliances, battles,…
Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 picks up fifteen years after Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. In this audacious, contemporary dramedy, Nora returns years after abandoning her family. Hnath’s daring sequel turned heads and…
Artistic Director Jim Helsinger brings Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic to the stage like you’ve never seen it before! Through a unique framing device, a family retelling the beloved story to their youngest son, Helsinger…
“Not my business.” It’s a refrain we have all heard or said at some point. Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, pays a visit to Scrooge from beyond the grave. His haunting is the catalyst that…
We sat down with Wardrobe Lead Caitie Matheny to learn more about all the quick changes in a two-man show, where our actors play all the roles. Orlando Shakes: How is working on The…
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Meridith Friedman: Finding the good in goodbye. Setting your own terms for determining your ending. The title is about David’s realization that…
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Robert Moulthrop: We’re all approaching death, every day, it’s just that the older one gets, the shorter the approach. I wanted to…
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Mark Brown: I suppose it’s about the perception of truth and the motivation for why people lie. I’m also trying to capture…