The cast of Alley Theatre's "1984" Photo: Lynn Lane Photo: Lynn Lane

The Alley Theatre will be making a taped version of their cancelled play, “1984,” for audiences to view from the comforts of home.

The Houston theater company had nixed the production — an adaptation of the George Orwell novel directed by artistic director Rob Melrose — due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. “1984” was originally slated for a March 6-29 run, but, following the city of Houston’s recommendations, the play was removed from the schedule along with all March events at the Alley.

The cast of “1984” is now filming the production and plans to complete the tape in the next 14 days. The Alley will then send, via email, a password-protected link to the production to all ticket buyers. Anyone can buy a ticket and receive a link.

“The Alley Theatre was very disappointed to have to close the production of ‘1984’,” the Alley Theatre said in a release. “The cast and staff spent months preparing the show and many Houstonians were looking forward to seeing this production come to life on the stage.”

The company is not allowing reviews of the taped performance, citing union rules.