Omelas
This world premiere theatrical adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas paints a landscape of a city which maintains a state of perpetual happiness, although this prosperity comes with a terrible price. Interspersed with shadow puppetry and abstract dreamscapes, a cast of three performers tell the story of the utopian city of Omelas, asking: What is the price of freedom? Can happiness exist without suffering? What can utopia look, sound, smell, and feel like? And what new possibilities might lie beyond the horizon of the knowable?
Omelas
Adapted by Nate Brimner Smith
From the short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
Directed by Connor Lifson
Cast: Aisling Murran, Oumnia Chellah, Anna Zheng
Production Stage Manager: Kaitlin Weinstein
Deck Stage Manager / Assistant Director: Angelina Ambrosiou
Scenic Design: Sid Zhang
Associate Scenic Design / Rigging / Prop Design: Bren Bartol
Lighting Design: Espen Garner
Original Score / Sound Design: Sebastian Blue Hochman
Costume Design: Eryn Perkins
Shadow Puppet Design: Lana Tleimat
Graphic Design: Jared Poblete
Photos by Frank Chen and Cyprien Fasquelle
The Nitery Theater, Stanford University, 2024
Department of Theater and Performance Studies
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
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