SPRING 2021

In 2021, WP will bring you work that will explode your thinking about how theater happens in virtual space. From an immersive space of virtual healing, to a re-investigation of an Elizabethan play through the lens of gender, to a concert film of a rock opera – 2021 is going to be a blast! Here’s a little something to tantalize you about the projects to come…


THE NOURISH PROJECT
created and directed by Rebecca Martinez

Streaming Event January 25-29

What does it look like to create community in a virtual space? Using a framework built on the five senses and four natural elements, The Nourish Project explores virtual space as a means of soul nourishment and connection.


GALATEA
by MJ Kaufman
directed by Will Davis
presented in collaboration with Red Bull Theater

Live Broadcast Reading March 22
Rebroadcasts of recording 3/23-3/26

A trans love story set against the backdrop of a climate crisis. Loosely based on John Lyly’s 1585 play, Galatea tells the story of two young women from a village threatened with flooding who escape to the nearby woods disguised as boys and fall in love.


WEIGHTLESS
a new rock opera by The Kilbanes
directed by Tamilla Woodard
with support from piece by piece productions

Concert Film Streaming April & May

“Weightless has a well-crafted form, and its spoken dialogue melds beautifully with the propulsive score. Weightless is an accomplished work, and an entertaining one.”
-NY Times

“[T]he Kilbanes could fly endlessly into space on a single, hypnotically executed chord… To watch this show is to be reanimated with a childlike sense that our choices have magical origins and magical ripple effects.”
-San Francisco Chronicle

Sisterhood. Love. Betrayal. Weightless weaves together ancient myth with evocative indie rock to tell a story of a woman who refuses to be silenced. Inspired by the tale of Procne and Philomela from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the Kilbanes have crafted an evening of intimate storytelling infused with the raucous energy of a rock show and the imaginative spirit of experimental theater.