The Specificity of Paradise by John Orlock
2:00pm Sunday, July 26th

Directed by Jackson Gay, Rick DesRochers, dramaturg

JOHN ORLOCK'S works have been produced at such theaters as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Cleveland Play House; Alley Theatre, Houston; Arizona Repertory Theatre and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. He’s a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Sewanee Writers Conference. INDULGENCES IN THE LOUISVILLE HAREM was co-winner (along with THE GIN GAME) of the Actors Theater of Louisville’s Great American Play Contest, and in 2000 had its Eastern European premiere at the Hungarian National Theater. Recent honors include an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Mr. Orlock is currently on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University, and teaches a popular course on the Literature of Fly Fishing.

THE SPECIFICITY OF PARADISE
Adrienne - a late-career diplomatic officer - returns to the house of her father, to find herself captive and interrogated by an anti-terrorist security team. A drama of torture, lingering passion, unfulfilled dreams terrorism and the ultimate importance of a belief in a paradise of any sort, as a means for coming to terms with inevitable loss under otherwise unbearable conditions.