In a familiar city of tents fashioned between broken streets and falling buildings, five women fight for their lives. By day, Nadine helps her catatonic sister Aliya care for her children, bringing them to a tent classroom run by Sarah. By moonlight, Nadine practices a dance forbidden to women, dreaming of one day leading her own troupe. One night she meets Hana who is hiding from her aunt who’s taken to running a particular type of establishment. Hana, now a thrice refugee, shares with Nadine her penchant for making music from the most unlikely instruments – drone planes, ticking clocks and crackling generators. Together, Nadine and Hana try to make a life that is wholly their own despite all that stands in their way.

• Commissioned by the Alcove, Lucille Lortel Theatre curated by Caridad Svich

• Developed at The Orchard Project Summer 2025, artistic director Ari Edelson