Christiane's mother’s dying words lead her to a place she fled as a child—where truth lies concealed. Interweaving theater & chamber music, Awake in the Dark accompanies Christiane on her journey. Along the way, we glimpse the ways in which repression of historical trauma can weave into the self–and the redemptive power of reckoning with the past. With composer Ben Moore’s haunting, inspiring music, this work heightens the sense of our shared humanity, a message we need more than ever in today’s troubled times.
"The essential subject of Awake in the Dark is memory, as the characters gradually discover the truths of their pasts, revealed to them like Chinese boxes: boxes within boxes within boxes." New York Times
“A haunting excursion into the past. Each story is a literary page-turner with a classic O. Henry twist.” The Atlantic Monthly
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