Whale Song
by Frazer Shepherdson
Sound & Composition Jack Burmeister
Sound Engineer Reuben Cumming
Whale Song is an immersive audio play experience that follows characters, SAM and ROCHELLE, and the crew of a research vessel; scouring the near-empty oceans in search of the last whales on the planet. The play is set fifty years from today in a world so badly ravaged by a climate catastrophe, the human race is being forced to evacuate Earth and start again on Mars. Whale Song explores emerging, present-day attitudes towards the unfolding climate crisis and the value of human and animal life on planet Earth.
“They’re lonely. Imagine being the last person left on Earth, wandering around every day, calling out for someone who isn’t there… they won’t stop looking though. We wouldn’t.”
“They’re lonely. Imagine being the last person left on Earth, wandering around every day, calling out for someone who isn’t there… they won’t stop looking though. We wouldn’t.”
Success in Contemporary Corporate Praxis
By Michael Maiello
Director Indi Salvestro
Dramaturg Steven Gaultney
Composition, Sound & Audio Engineer Jack Burmeister
Set in the many virtual environments of a multinational corporate 50 years from now, young worker Ellen faces her first performance review. This milestone moment will change and possibly define her life forever. The praxis is fair, the praxis is consistent, and the praxis is for your own good. Welcome to the future of work.
Beautiful
By Raiya Basalamah
Dramaturg Steven Gaultney
Sound & Composition Jack Burmeister
The birth of Artificial Body Transplants (ABTs) have broken new ground for cosmetic and plastic surgery, elevating humanity’s obsession with perfection and beauty to greater heights.
Cici has dreamt of the day she could transfer her consciousness into her dream body, manufactured with all the physical features she’s always wanted on herself. But what was once a dream has turned into a harrowing recognition of self-hatred, through the unleashing of repressed memories. In this journey, Cici is forced to come to terms with her body image, and what being beautiful truly means.
Sugarbag
by James Reiser
Dramaturg Steven Gaultney
Composition & Sound Jack Burmeister
Sugarbag is a one-person radio play centered around the story of a young adult farmer living in outback Queensland. Set in a future where a combination of tightened pressure on international agricultural trade, growing populations, and the monopolization of vast farming industries has led to overfarming and a lack of regard for the welfare of the country.
Sugarbag is a journey that explores the white colonial farming psyche. A world where in order to survive one has to become thick-skinned, rigid, and emotionally defensive. But when, despite all that, the world around you is still falling to pieces, where do you go? What does it take to unravel 200+ years of compression?
