The Forever Wave, a radio play

EXTENDED to March 30, 2023!

Inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, The Forever Wave reconceptualizes Thomas’ play for a climate ravaged near-future. Set in a drowned Bay Area, circa 2070, The Forever Wave imagines the survivors of this water-logged world as occupying the tops of hills, individual islands jutting up from a climate-change induced tide that rolled in one day and never rolled out.

What communities will emerge in a future where our systems have collapsed and our “normal” is a historical relic? What can the hilltop-dwellers of the future teach us about ourselves in the now? And what are the things we can start building in order to avoid their fate?

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RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE (more dates TBA)

Saturday, March 4, KSFP 102.5 LP FM, (also sfpublicpress.org/ksfp) broadcasting from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, 8-10 pm

Sunday, March 5, KSFP 102.5 LP FM, (also sfpublicpress.org/ksfp) broadcasting from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, 8-10 pm

Thursday, March 9, BFF.fm, 7:30–9:30 am

Friday, March 10, RadioValencia.fm, 8-10 pm

Saturday, March 11, RadioValencia.fm, 8-10 pm

Friday, March 17, KACR-LPFM 96.1, Alameda (also: kacr.airtime.pro), 8-10 pm (Postponed to 9 pm!)

Sunday, March 19, KACR-LP FM 96.1, Alameda (also: kacr.airtime.pro), 2-4 pm & 10 pm-12 midnight

NEW DATE! Sunday, March 26, KWMR, Point Reyes Station/West Marin, 10 pm-12 midnight

NEW DATE! Tuesday, March 28, KALW 91.7, San Francisco, 6-8 pm

NEW DATE! Thursday, March 30, KSFS Radio, San Francisco, 4-6 pm

CAST & CREW

CAST (bios here)

Roy Conboy

Jerikka Gamboa

Aaliyah Gilliard

Peter Griggs

Nathaniel Justiniano

Julia Letzel

Mia Paschal

Krystle Piamonte

Edna Mira Raia

Patrick Simms

Megan Trout

Lluis Valls

ADDITIONAL CAST FROM DEVELOPMENTAL READING

Hatem Adell

Jeremy Greco

Javier Stell-Frésquez

Sabrina Wenske

TECH SUPPORT

John Rock

Equipment loan: SFSU School of Theatre & Dance

MAP DOWNLOAD

This production was made possible in part by Bikes to Books, 3rd Street Emerging Artist’s Fund, Dianne Grimmett, Dot Janson, and YOU

CREATIVE TEAM (bios here)

Nicole Gluckstern (Playwright, Director)

Cliff Caruthers (Sound Design)

Patrick Simms (Audio Engineer)

Nathan Link (Auxiliary Audio Engineer)

MUSIC CREDITS

“Esperanza,” by Banda Sin Nombre. Courtesy of the artists.

“The Gates/Take Me to the Water,” by Mark Growden. Courtesy of the artist.

POETRY CREDIT

“On Nua Beach,” by Roy Conboy. Courtesy of the artist.

MAP DESIGN

2012 Map of 200′ sea level rise co-created by Brian Stokle and Burrito Justice. Forever Wave Edit by Nicole Gluckstern and Burrito Justice.

CONSULTANTS

Hatem Adell

Jonathan Cordero

Julia Letzel

FIRST READERS

Michelle Carter

Megan Cohen

Anne Galjour