ORLANDO: A Rhapsody

ORLANDO: A Rhapsody is a shared reverie, just as much as it is a quarrel, between two generations and two experiences of art, of life.

Two actors, father and daughter, tell their own story through the words of Virginia Woolf, composing an alternately fanciful, visceral, vulnerable duet. Language, movement, and costumes get picked up, played with, then thrown to the floor, as if by two children dressing up and putting on a play in their living room—or two grown actors at work together. All the while, they unearth and wrestle with existential questions of gender and fiction: what it means to be and why we tell stories.

Conceived and performed by Steven Epp and Vinora Epp, this production marks Vinora Epp’s directorial debut. After its world premiere at The Tank in April 2024 and its regional premiere in Minneapolis in May-June 2025, ORLANDO: A Rhapsody is returning to New York City for a limited run at Paradise Factory Theater.

Directed by Vinora Epp

Written and performed by Vinora Epp and Steven Epp

Based on Virginia Woolf and ourselves

70 minutes, no intermission