It is past midnight on Marie Antoinette’s birthday. All the party guests have been sent home while the young Dauphine and her husband are trapped in her chambers with their sniping brother in law, his wife, and the Duchess de Polignac (Antoinette’s closest friend) as they await an unknown surprise outside the door. Tensions rise as games are played, champagne drunk, and loves tested. 

Home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The Orpheus Theatre Company brings new and challenging work to the stage. Along with new works, we revitalize long known classics with modern (if not post-modern) perspective.

Together, we will interrogate the cannon.