Hum

by Nicholas Wardigo

The world is filled by a ubiquitous Hum that prevents its inhabitants from hearing one another. Having never experienced any other sound, everyone communicates with written notes and cheerfully accepts the status quo, until a conspiracy irrevocably changes everything.

The world is filled by a ubiquitous Hum that prevents its inhabitants from hearing one another. Having never experienced any other sound, everyone communicates with written notes and cheerfully accepts the status quo, until a conspiracy irrevocably changes everything.

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  • Nick Malakhow: Hum

    What an incredibly rich and vividly rendered theatrical world! I imagine it would be an absolute treat for directors, actors, designers, and movement coordinators alike to create the onstage visual and aural landscape Wardigo depicts here. The story which has shades of both parable and dystopia is exceedingly inventive and thought-provoking. The storytelling manages to be simple and direct while speaking volumes (all sorts of puns intended) about communication, connection, and detachment in our modern world.

    What an incredibly rich and vividly rendered theatrical world! I imagine it would be an absolute treat for directors, actors, designers, and movement coordinators alike to create the onstage visual and aural landscape Wardigo depicts here. The story which has shades of both parable and dystopia is exceedingly inventive and thought-provoking. The storytelling manages to be simple and direct while speaking volumes (all sorts of puns intended) about communication, connection, and detachment in our modern world.

  • Cheryl Bear: Hum

    An incredible exploration of communication and intimacy that I'm absolutely in love with! I'm actually giddy! An intoxicating and mysterious thriller that examines conspiracy and our ability to exist in an alternate state. What could we lose and what could we gain? Fantastic!

    An incredible exploration of communication and intimacy that I'm absolutely in love with! I'm actually giddy! An intoxicating and mysterious thriller that examines conspiracy and our ability to exist in an alternate state. What could we lose and what could we gain? Fantastic!

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Hum

    I love this play! As a metaphor for the unconscious ways that we live and how hard it is to awake from them, yes! This play challenges its audience to think outside the dinosaur - it fights fascism and has moments of such perfect beauty I am jealous of it! Are you a Listener? When your deity is killed, do you replace it with your desperation to have a deity?

    I love this play! As a metaphor for the unconscious ways that we live and how hard it is to awake from them, yes! This play challenges its audience to think outside the dinosaur - it fights fascism and has moments of such perfect beauty I am jealous of it! Are you a Listener? When your deity is killed, do you replace it with your desperation to have a deity?

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization PlayPenn, Year 2010

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Theater Alliance, Year 2012