Omelas

Stanford TAPS | February 2024

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?

Scenic Design by Sid Zhang.

PRODUCTION TEAM

original short story by
play adaptation by
directed by
stage management
deck stage management/assistant directing
scenic design
associate scenic design/rigging/prop design
lighting design
original music score/sound design
costume design
shadow puppet design
graphic design
photography

cast

Ursula K. Le Guin
Nate Brimner Smith
Connor Lifson
Kaitlin Weinstein
Angelina Ambrosiou
Sid Zhang
Bren Bartol
Espen Garner
Sebastian Blue Hochman
Eryn Perkins
Lana Tleimat
Jared Poblete
Frank Chen, Cyprien Fasquelle

Aisling Murran
Oumnia Chellah
Anna Zheng

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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Omelas

Stanford TAPS | February 2024

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