Synopsis

1993 THE SEA OTTER This dramatic monologue with original music and visual art is about the plight of the first oil-covered sea otter found dying following the 1989 Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska. Set on a space station in the year 2017, an astronaut recalls this troubling environmental tale. The piece involves pertinent quotations & environmental visuals. These beautiful but often disturbing pictures serve to enhance this cautionary tale. NASA photography is added startling reality to the play. RI Committee for The Humanities in conjunction with Harvest by the Sea. The Seaman's Institute, Newport, RI. October.