NACL presents a work-in-progress showing of A Fishing Line Sings by writer/composer/musician Rima Fand and puppet designer/director Erin Orr.

Based on a concept by Rima, the piece brings together personal childhood fishing memories, dreams, Finnish and Slavic human-fish transformation myths, and the scientific story of our evolution from fish. It explores the idea of fishing as a metaphor for memory. It expresses our longing for connection with other realms, as we cast a line into the unknown to make contact with an unseen world. And, at its core, it is a piece about reckoning with loss: the fishing line as a conduit between us and those who have disappeared into the deep. The line vibrates with an ancient song and allows us to feel the heartbeat of those who are gone.

Stay after the presentation for delicious soup, and conversation!

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