BLOOD ORANGE to be Presented at Et Alia Theater in September
Performances wil run from September 11 to 27.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Aug. 29, 2025
Et Alia Theater will present a limited engagement of Blood Orange, a horror play by Abigail Duclos, at The Jeffrey & Paula Gural Theatre of A.R.T./New York.
Previews begin September 11 (Invitation Only); Opening: September 13; Closing: September 27.
Blood Orange, by Abigail Duclos and produced by Et Alia Theater, tells the story of Faye, a teenage girl who—feeling abandoned by God and her mother in the wake of her father's violent death—turns to a nightmarish roadkill creature for salvation. Faye then draws her awkward friend, Eden, into a strange religion filled with prayer, blood, and budding love.
The play delves deeply into grief and depicts it as an ugly, intricate, and biting experience, examining the complexities of modern teenage girlhood and sexuality. It asks: how do young women navigate a culture that hypersexualizes them while demonizing their desires? What happens when the hunt for pleasure intertwines with pain?
Creative Team
Production Directed by Vernice Miller with Amelia Estrada as Associate Director/Choreographer; Scenic and Property Design by Ningning Yang; Costumes Designed & Associate Props Design by Whitney Fabre; Sound Designed by Laura Pereira; Lighting Designed by Hayley Garcia Parnell; Fight and Intimacy Direction by Leana Gardella.
For Et Alia Theater
Production and Box Office Management by Covi Loveridge Brannan; Stage Management by Isabel Criado; Deck Management by Thais Fernandes.
The play runs about 90 minutes with no intermission.
CONTENT WARNING: explicit scenes of violence and self-harm.
Production design support provided by the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./NY).
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