Review: "Blood Orange" Drips with Dark Intensity
Blood Orange Written by Abigail Duclos Directed by Vernice Miller Associate directed and choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada Presented by Et Alia Theater at A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 W 53rd St, Manhattan, NYC September 11-27, 2025 Ana Moioli and Maria Müller. Photo by Delia Dumont. Adolescence is an arduous time on its own, without its struggles and stresses being compounded by loss, abuse, or poverty, all among the additional pressures faced by the young women in Abigail Duclos's darkly intense new play Blood Orange . In a potent production from Et Alia Theater, a company which " uplifts multicultural, women+ centered storytelling ," Blood Orange examines the sometimes desperate lengths to which its characters will go to in pursuit of the love and agency lacking in their lives. On roughly (though not strictly) alternating days, one of the play's four roles is played by a different actor, and the actor who plays that role in one version of the cast moves to a ...