In the solo drama Orlando, writer-performer Lucy Roslyn pairs reflections on Virginia Woolf’s 1928 phantasmagoric novel, also titled Orlando, with the chronicle of a thwarted love affair and the narrator’s effort to remake herself in the aftermath of personal disappointment. Though brief (the running time is one hour), this is an ambitious play engagingly (at times compellingly) performed.
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"Roslyn is an engaging presence, evoking both lovers’ insecurities with pathos yet confidently commanding the stage alone for an uninterrupted hour. Directed by Josh Roche, the play moves swiftly, with Roslyn calibrating tempo and dynamics, like a virtuoso with a sonata, according to the mood and emotion of each scene."
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