THE EMPIRE, is a complete season of world premieres, comprising of The Philosopher’s Wife, The Scavenger’s Daughter, and Four Sisters. 

 

These stories span centuries of history in a world inspired by (but different from) our own, beginning with the birth of modernity and ending with a technological society on the brink of a new age. Each work is a complete story, but when they come together they reveal a larger over-arcing narrative. You see actions set in motion in part one reverberate later on (a war begun in part one rages through part two), images repeat and transform (opium addicts become morphine users become heroin addicts), and characters in one play become mythology in another. Throughout, you watch the spread and evolution of knowledge, literacy, and technology as implements of both freedom and control.

 

To learn more about The Empire, and to buy tickets, visit our website dedicated to the project here.