Finding Fish
Finding Fish
by Carlyle Brown
Directed by Noel Raymond
October 9 through October 29, 2016
Sets by Dean Holzman
Lighting by Mike Wangen
Sound and video by C. Andrew Mayer
Costumes by Clare Brach
Props by Kellie Larson
The world premiere of Carlyle Brown’s Finding Fish launches Illusion Theater's 2016-2017 season. A co-production between Illusion and Carlyle Brown & Company, this cautionary tale about the sustainability wars between fishermen and scientists is told through the lens of one family's struggles as they search for fish on the coast of Maine.
Part myth, part science fiction, Finding Fish takes place in a future when food is scarce and the oceans have been nearly depleted of fish. But one fisherman on the Maine Coast keeps bringing in the catch. Could his luck have anything to do with his strange new wife? "The Committee” has sent the fisherman’s brother to reel him in – and his secrets.
“I loved Finding Fish. It really made me think about what’s going on with the environment.”
“I highly recommend this play. It’s very important to our society and our planet.”