the orange
the orange is an exploration of art and grief, a process of processing, a eulogy and a baptism (in orange juice, naturally). Taking inspiration, images, and words from a wide source list including Louise Bourgeois, Euripides, Brené Brown, Uptown Girls, Roland Barthes, Bob Fosse, medical texts, the diary and medical records of the performer/creator’s mother, her own notes app, and more, "the orange" follows a young woman artist's attempt to create in the wake of her mother's death, asking “what does it mean for one’s life and generative process to be fused with the death of a loved one?”
development history:
Poetic Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop’s Open Salon, August 2022
produced by Jeremy Kerafin, featuring accompaniment by Jerome Brooks and Duv
The National Theatre School of Canada, March 2022
direction by Rose Plotek, dramaturgy by Anne Marie MacDonald