Weston Gaylord

When two marine biologists and a struggling composer discover that an octopus in a cephalopod lab has written the most transcendent piece of music ever heard, their worlds begin to unravel. Innovative puppetry brings soulful theatricality to this fable about art, science, and the moral quandaries that erupt when another being surpasses humankind.

In 2024, a novelist puts his mother’s life story into words. In 2114, his great-granddaughter and her son journey from a California farm to a Norwegian forest to uncover a secret that has waited a century to come to light. Examining the voices we choose to preserve and those that are lost forever, A Long Time Coming looks toward a future that holds both disaster and hope.

Leo has created an unlicensed restaurant inside his apartment, where handpicked groups of four are invited to dine on his meticulously concocted dishes. A possible ghost sighting at last week’s dinner has tonight’s quartet of strangers hoping for a repeat apparition. But what the group is in for, as the evening unfolds, might be more haunting than even the supernatural can provide.

Originally developed with the Geffen Writers’ Room.

Modern-day physicist Sophie travels back in time to 1666, meeting young Isaac Newton but upsetting the applecart of history in the process. An original comedy with a fresh, contemporary score, Gravity is a delightful tale of romance, feminism, and the art of science. Co-created with Joel Chapman, Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman & Ken Savage.

When Cass, a talented sleight-of-hand artist, approaches a group of magicians at a restaurant in hopes of becoming apprenticed to one of them, she receives an unexpected offer that challenges her feelings about her craft. The Palm of Her Hand examines the double-edged sword of personal mentorship, and the ethical choices that young sleight-of-hand practitioners face about how to use their skills of deception.

In this contemporary retelling of the Greek myth of Castor and Pollux, the Roan family gathers for an annual apple harvest and cider-making weekend on an orchard in the Pacific Northwest. Ancient traditions are tested and secrets come to light as twin half-brothers, feuding cousins, and flawed parents assemble. Starting in contemporary language and gradually boiling up into mythic, poetic verse, The Scrumping asks: What divine part of yourself would you give away for the person you love most?

Fifty-Fifty is a 15-minute musical based on a declassified true story. One evening in 1983, at the height of Cold War tension, a Soviet officer in a military bunker makes the most important decision of his life. Weeks later he is interrogated by his superiors, who seek to understand: did Stanislav Petrov betray his country? Or is it possible he saved the world?

A site-specific immersive play about parenthood, circular time and the externalization of memory. Combines live actors with pre-recorded content in VR headsets.