Winnipeg Free Press JOAN MARCUS / THE PUBLICITY OFFICE Francesca Faridany, left, and David Greenspan in an off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Orlando, which comes to RMTC mainstage in November. You can say this about Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director Kelly Thornton: She is not afraid of Virginia Woolf. You can say this about Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director Kelly Thornton: She is not afraid of Virginia Woolf. A certain amount of fear is to be expected in the theatre world just now. So in announcing a new season, emerging from the long, dark shadow of the COVID pandemic, Thornton must answer the question: How do you balance being cautious and bold at the same time?