THE ORANGE PERSON

“A quirky tale of a bright orange baby born in a Texas border town, told in a style that merges docutheater with eclectic concert."

- Time Out New York

At last, the story of The Orange Person told from the perspective of the people who actually experienced it - a celebration of existence, of difference, and of song. From within both sides of a duplex in Terlingua, a rural town in the south Texan desert, a family confronts a medical marvel: an orange baby is born.  

With an original book written by Rady&Bloom, (Rady also plays the title role), the production features live music covered from your Mom's old vinyl records, from your grandmother's hymnal, and from singer-songwriter Laura Dunn (“Bjorkish runaway melodies” - music critic Mark Mayer), all played live by The Ghosts of Xmas Past (Rady, Dunn, and the infamous Kirk Siee on upright bass), along with a stellar and eccentric host of performers, vocalists and instrumentalists.

• The Gene Frankel Theater
• IRT

“The Orange Person is joyous and touching and full of life, love, and hope. It's very much the kind of show  Americans need these days to remind us who we are and what we value. Even though the denizens of this show are sometimes small-minded and backward, the way they care for one another and help one another feels grand. And the infectious high spirits that this company brings to sharing this story with their audience are downright inspirational.”

- NYtheater.com

words and songs by director  Jeremy Bloom, banjoist Laura Dunn and Brian Rady as The Orange Person, featuring Robert Lavenstein, Jose Paz, Joe White, Ellen O’Meara, Ashley Biel, Catherine Brookman, Mikey Barringer, Dana Kaplan-Angle, Madalyn Mckay, Kirk Siee and Brian Rady with designs by Chris Morris (set), Olga Mill (costumes), and Christopher Weston (lighting), stage managed by Erika Bracy