Photographed by Becky Stein

Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying

SYNOPSIS

Transmission in Advance of the Second Great Dying tells an epic tale of grief and global warming through the intersecting lives of Earth’s human and non-human inhabitants in 2045. Katrina and her unborn baby head north in search of snow; Hugo seeks purpose in a world without resources; and after a series of unnatural events, recently widowed Carla is swept into a cosmic relationship with an ageless being that challenges her understanding of time and extinction. Together with a young lynx and a swarm of locusts, their journeys become transmissions of hope and loss against the backdrop of planetary collapse.

Developmental HISTORY

Production, Emory University (November 2022)
Production, Juilliard Playwrights Festival (September 2019)
Workshop, Chance Theater (March 2019)
Reading, New York Theatre Workshop (November 2018)
Workshop, The Playwrights' Center
Commission, Mixed Blood Theatre

AWARDS

• 2021-22 Earth Matters On Stage Ecodrama Playwrights Festival Award