BIRDS
a dark tale of avian activism and personal transgression
Written by Adara Meyers | Directed by Shana Gozansky
Performed by Julia Alvarez, Steven Barkhimer, Louise Hamill, Mara Elissa Palma, Alexander Rankine,
and Sam Terry
Premiere of Birds as part of Sleeping Weazel's The Birds and the Bees: a festival of new plays at Boston Center for The Arts, June 2–11, 2016
Reviews:
EDGE Media Network
The New England Theatre Geek
Boston Events Insider
- Composer Leaha Maria Villareal set selected texts from Birds for "Never Not" (for voice and chamber ensemble). It was commissioned by Wild Rumpus and received its world premiere in Berkeley, CA, in February 2014. It was later presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2016.
Audio
Song Text
Always...
always.
Look,
look...
Look from behind me.
Look!
-- maybe when you sleep --
Silence ahead.
Never behind me.
Never not.
Look! Look...