Wave Walker

by Bridgette Dutta Portman

[10-minute] Returning to the beach where her young daughter drowned, a woman demands an apology from the personification of violent waves. But how can one elicit sympathy from a force of nature indifferent to human suffering?

[10-minute] Returning to the beach where her young daughter drowned, a woman demands an apology from the personification of violent waves. But how can one elicit sympathy from a force of nature indifferent to human suffering?

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  • Susan Middaugh: Wave Walker

    Bridgette captures a mother's grief and the anger she feels toward Mother Nature that caused her young daughter's drowning. Very poetic and a release of feeling that enables the mother to choose life and to reconnect with her lost daughter through her journal. Powerful.

    Bridgette captures a mother's grief and the anger she feels toward Mother Nature that caused her young daughter's drowning. Very poetic and a release of feeling that enables the mother to choose life and to reconnect with her lost daughter through her journal. Powerful.

  • Cheryl Bear: Wave Walker

    An incredibly heartbreaking and beautifully done exploration of grief when nature is the one who took your child. Great work.

    An incredibly heartbreaking and beautifully done exploration of grief when nature is the one who took your child. Great work.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Wave Walker

    Yes, oceans are sometimes the only thing large enough to hold our grief, and this one refuses to do that! How large it all feels! How impossible to surmount! I love the scale of this short but intense impactful piece. I love how Nature is so much larger than the humans in the play. And I love how the final response/action can be a movement toward creation.

    Yes, oceans are sometimes the only thing large enough to hold our grief, and this one refuses to do that! How large it all feels! How impossible to surmount! I love the scale of this short but intense impactful piece. I love how Nature is so much larger than the humans in the play. And I love how the final response/action can be a movement toward creation.

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Character Information

  • Meryl
    A poet haunted by grief.
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Leia
    A mysterious woman. She is Cymopoleia, the ancient Greek goddess of violent waves.
    Character Age
    Appears 20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization San Francisco Olympians Festival, Year 2015

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Pear Theatre, Year 2016