Arcadia and Post Show Talk

Arcadia moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits- the attraction Newton left out.

🎭 Special Event: Join us for a Post-Show Talk Back with the Cast and Designers on Friday, November 21, 2025.

You may also like the following events from Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University:

• Next Friday, 10th October, 07:30 pm, Tutunov Piano Series: Alon Goldstein & Alexander Tutunov in Ashland
• This month, 18th October, 07:00 pm, A Night in Three Pines: Louise Penny's Still Life Radio Play in Ashland
• This month, 18th October, 07:30 pm, Reverón Piano Trio Presented by Chamber Music Concerts in Ashland

Also check out other Arts events in Ashland.