Opening Night: Orlando’s Gift
Followed by post-show discussion with Oskar Eustis (A.D. White Professor at Large at Cornell; Artistic Director, The Public Theater) and PMA Professor David Feldshuh
Friday, Nov. 1, at 7:30pm
Flexible Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
430 College Ave., Ithaca
Orlando’s Gift is a new play inspired by the novel, Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. It tells the love story of writer, Virginia Woolf, and her hero/heroine Orlando, a character who has too many selves to count. Orlando lives forever in a giddy world of fantasy, wit, surprise and theatrical adventure. Author and character discover the power of words to celebrate life and the ecstasy of the imagination at work.
Written and directed by David Feldshuh.

The post-show discussion will be followed by a reception for the cast, crew, friends and audience members who stay for the discussion.

This production is free and open to the public. Tickets are required.

Content warning: This play contains discussions of death and suicidal ideation.

Cosponsored by the Dept. of Performing and Media Arts (PMA).

Bio: Oskar Eustis is the Artistic Director of The Public Theater and has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the country. In recent years, Eustis has produced two Tony Award-winning productions in the category of best musical (Fun Home and Hamilton), as well as two productions that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton and Sweat).

Additionally, he has founded numerous groundbreaking programs at The Public, including Public Works, Public Forum, the Emerging Writers Group, and the Mobile Unit. Over the course of his career, Eustis has directed the world premieres of plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, Emily Mann, Parks, Ellen McLaughlin, and Eduardo Machado, among many others.

Eustis was appointed as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University in 2020 and is a founding advisory board member for Cornell’s Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity. He has taught at UCLA, Brown University, and NYU, and holds honorary doctorates from Brown University and Rhode Island College.