Electronic score for CalArts Theater Production
90 minutes
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Performed at the Walt Disney Modular Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
December 3-10, 2021
Written by Samantha Behr
Directed by Josh Sobel
Composition by Sam Wells
Running Time: 2 hours 30 mins, with a 15 minute intermission.
program note
How do you fight hopelessness? A senator from a well-known political family, Rosaura Flagg promotes stability to her fellow citizens, even as the country is crumbling. As a mysterious disease starts to spread, her daughter lies in a hospital room in a coma-like sleep. The Fig and The Wasp explores the destruction caused by isolation and the power of care and connection, against the backdrop of a world on fire.