TH IR DS at Zephyr

In an alternate timeline of American history in which the Civil War was never fought, America stands divided into three separate countries: The Union, The Confederate, and The Pacific States of America. When an historic drought threatens the citizens of the Confederate States, Catherine Shepard, the world’s most powerful water tycoon and citizen of the Pacific States, must travel into the Confederacy to negotiate a secret deal with the government to provide their people with clean water before it’s too late.

Playwright Ben Edlin explains, “TH IR DS is an exploration of the ties that bind us together and the forces that pull us apart: of the hope that lies in understanding when our bitterness departs. Of the dangers we may drown in when we all decline to say, ‘I’m not sure I agree, but still, our brotherhood should stay.’ It’s a story of survival and of reaping what we sow: of a question, that if where we are is where we want to go?”

This World Premiere, written by Ben Edlin with story by Deborah Aquila and Ben Edlin, is directed by Jessica Aquila Cymerman and features Derek Webster (Professor William Seward), Tess Harrison (Patricia Todd), Éanna O’Dowd (Peter Todd) Ben Edlin (David Cohen), Brian Yeun (Steven Choi), Corbin Reid (Catherine Shepard), and Carlo Mancasola (James Cross).