The newest work in progress by Drama of Works

(with help from Rachel Carson, Tom Cade, T.S. Eliot, Hans Christian Andersen, and others)

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The pesticide DDT was born of war, and through it a new war was waged - that of humans against insects. Insects that seemingly threatened beauty and food security. Little did we know that this poison was slowly killing the beauty and making the very ground our food is grown in unsafe. The Falcon King, now rendered impotent just as his counterpart in Arthurian legend, looks back on when it all began. When the land bustled with the sounds of frogs, insects and bird song. Before the poison affected the birds’ metabolism resulting in egg shells too thin to support the weight of incubating chicks. The recovery of the Peregrine Falcon from the brink of extinction remains to this day one of the most successful conservation efforts in history. What is most remarkable is that it was done almost entirely through grassroots efforts by people across the country. How can we ensure this never happens again? What did we learn?

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We plan on using natural and found-material puppets to tell this story of ecological war. All of the puppets, and most of the sets, will be made from what can be found in parks, backyards, beaches, forests and landfills. We look forward to these puppet-making experiments and believe they will result in a magical fairy-tale world.

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PROUD recipient of a 2025 HENSON FOUNDATION WORKSHOP GRANT!

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DIRECTOR / TEXT COLLAGER: Gretchen Van Lente

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LEAD PUPPET DESIGNER: Taylor Harrison

       

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Amy Carrigan

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DRAMATURG: Meghan Williams​