February 26 - March 1, 2026
Adapted by Sarah Ruhl
From the novel by Virginia Woolf
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly

Benson Theatre

Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the “longest and most charming love letter in literature” is a wild, fantastical trip through space, time and gender. Orlando begins his story as a young man serving as courtier to Queen Elizabeth I, but a yearning for more takes him on a centuries-long adventure that finds him, in the 18th century, unexpectedly transformed into a woman. Orlando’s travels form the heart of a dazzling tale where gender and gender preferences shift regularly, with hilarious and heartfelt results. “…faithfully recreates the incidents Woolf uses to illustrate her ideas about the fluidity of gender and identity, and the great mysteries of time.” – The New York Times