SIGNS AND WONDERS (A Delirium for a Wounded World)

by Fengar Gael

Failure of the Planetary Defense System has caused an asteroid named Osiris to impact
the exact center of the United States, creating a cavernous crater that sprouted geological fault lines dividing the state of Kansas in half. A British medical scribe named Minerva volunteers to assist an ocular surgeon treating the injured eyes of survivors. Minerva recounts their contentious relationship while attending...

Failure of the Planetary Defense System has caused an asteroid named Osiris to impact
the exact center of the United States, creating a cavernous crater that sprouted geological fault lines dividing the state of Kansas in half. A British medical scribe named Minerva volunteers to assist an ocular surgeon treating the injured eyes of survivors. Minerva recounts their contentious relationship while attending court ordered Society for Sobriety meetings. Since the asteroid is named for an Egyptian deity, there is a revival of interest in ancient pagan religions, especially since the crater evokes suicidal urges in vulnerable people who leap from its periphery. Even skeptical Sobriety members exchange wild
rumors of the crater being inhabited by a vengeful Earth Mother Goddess demanding human sacrifices for the centuries of abuse she’s endured. A curious reporter from Wichita befriends Minerva and together they venture to explore the edge of the crater. When the reporter slips and vanishes, Minerva becomes a murder suspect, causing her passport to be confiscated, her personal life upended, and her bright future threatened. Although she is tempted to succumb to despair, fate intervenes and Minerva is redeemed through relationships that enrich her world view.

THEMES: The play explores the corrosive effects of an astronomical crisis, as well as the human capacity for romance, redemption, and invention.

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SIGNS AND WONDERS (A Delirium for a Wounded World)

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  • Ian Thal: SIGNS AND WONDERS (A Delirium for a Wounded World) by Fengar Gael
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    Even after a catastrophe of extraterrestrial origin strikes, leaving a mysterious crater, humans still have the human-scale problems. People still have traumas, addictions, awkward romances and friendships, and spiritual yearnings (whether through traditional or new age) as they attempt to make sense of a world rendered incomprehensible. When taken together, Fengar Gael's dialogue, characterization, ideas and images are mesmerizing.

    Even after a catastrophe of extraterrestrial origin strikes, leaving a mysterious crater, humans still have the human-scale problems. People still have traumas, addictions, awkward romances and friendships, and spiritual yearnings (whether through traditional or new age) as they attempt to make sense of a world rendered incomprehensible. When taken together, Fengar Gael's dialogue, characterization, ideas and images are mesmerizing.

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  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: SIGNS AND WONDERS (A Delirium for a Wounded World) by Fengar Gael
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    There is so much to unpack in this play! It's a sci-fi, horror tale about addiction and division. How we create roadblocks to our own happiness, but tell ourselves as long as it appears we are serving a greater good, then our own happiness and goals don't matter. This would be an amazing play to design. I would love to hear the audience discussions after each performance! Just like the crater in the play, I believe the play itself will speak to different people in a myriad of ways!

    There is so much to unpack in this play! It's a sci-fi, horror tale about addiction and division. How we create roadblocks to our own happiness, but tell ourselves as long as it appears we are serving a greater good, then our own happiness and goals don't matter. This would be an amazing play to design. I would love to hear the audience discussions after each performance! Just like the crater in the play, I believe the play itself will speak to different people in a myriad of ways!

    ”