Theatre

The Forever Wave

A futuristic radio play for voices, inspired by Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas.

  • Dates 3 Oct - 22 Oct
  • Time Available On Demand (95 minutes)
  • Venue Digital Fringe
$10.00
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Graphic showing the topography of a futuristic San Francisco after a 200' Sea Level Rise. The water is dark blue and the land displayed in colors of browns and greens delineating the highest ground.
Detail of a street map showing San Francisco after a 200' Sea Level Rise, with red stars and arrows pointing to places and characters mentioned in the play. The water is royal blue and the land is pale green with a white street grid overlaid on it.
A small blackbird perched on a dry branch in the foreground, in the background there is a tall red and white striped radio tower framed against the blue sky stretching to the horizon.
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Graphic showing the topography of a futuristic San Francisco after a 200' Sea Level Rise. The water is dark blue and the land displayed in colors of browns and greens delineating the highest ground.
Detail of a street map showing San Francisco after a 200' Sea Level Rise, with red stars and arrows pointing to places and characters mentioned in the play. The water is royal blue and the land is pale green with a white street grid overlaid on it.
A small blackbird perched on a dry branch in the foreground, in the background there is a tall red and white striped radio tower framed against the blue sky stretching to the horizon.

  • Written and Directed by: Nicole Gluckstern

  • Produced by: Estrella Suerte Productions

  • Music by: Mark Growden, Banda Sin Nombre

Inspired by Dylan Thomas’ iconic Under Milk Wood, The Forever Wave is set in a drowned San Francisco, circa 2070. Combining geography, climate science, Bay Area history, and an assemblage of voices—survivors and dead alike—The Forever Wave is a comprehensive exploration of a what-if future that seems ever more likely every year we fail to address the impacts of climate change and economic inequality. What communities will emerge when our systems have collapsed entirely and “normal” is a historical relic? What can the hilltop-dwellers of the future teach us about ourselves in the now? And what are the things we can start building in order to avoid their fate?

Brought to vivid, auditory life by a multicultural, multigenerational, and multilingual cast of 12 representing the diversity of the Bay Area in terms of culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual expression, The Forever Wave is a study in resilience, resourcefulness, and community-building. "If you survive the apocalypse,” one narrator asks, “don’t you get to help build what comes after it?"

Written and Directed by Nicole Gluckstern.
Performed by: Roy Conboy, Jerikka Gamboa, Aaliyah Gilliard, Peter Griggs, Nathaniel Justiniano, Julia Letzel, Mia Paschal, Krystle Piamonte, Edna Mira Raia, Patrick Simms, Megan Trout, and Lluis Valls.
Audio engineering by Patrick Simms and sound design by Cliff Caruthers.
Featuring music by Mark Growden and Banda Sin Nombre, and poetry by Roy Conboy.

About Estrella Suerte Productions

As Estrella Suerte Productions, theatre-maker and producer Nicole Gluckstern specializes in unexpected and underground performances that prioritize originality, iterative development, immersive, experimental, and experiential work, and audience engagement.

estrellasuerteproductions.com

  • Duration: 95 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Fully Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language.

  • Please note: this event includes images, voices or the name(s) of deceased Indigenous persons.

  • Full: $10.00

  • Concession: $8.00

  • Extra Applause: $15.00

  • Blak Tix: $8.00

"'The Forever Wave' chronicles the stragglers and mavericks who build lives for themselves on what were once the city’s hills, now small islands. Among the A-list cast are Megan Trout, Krystle Piamonte and Nathaniel Justiniano." Lily Janiak - San Francisco Chronicle

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"San Francisco winter 2023 has been the Season of Gluckstern. Nicole Gluckstern, that is...now bringing her new eco-apocalyptic radio play, The Forever Wave to community stations around the Bay Area." Marke Bieschke - 48 Hills

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"A beautifully wrought, mesmerising journey." Kate Herbert - Kate Herbert Theatre Reviews/Arts Weekly on 3MBS-FM

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Sessions: Digital Events

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Date Time Venue

Tuesday, 03 October 2023 -
Sunday, 22 October 2023

On Demand

Digital Fringe

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