In fall 2018, I was involved in the early stages of collaborative conversation with Maine-based artist Marty Pottenger, who was creating a performance about the climate crisis. As part of this project, I was asked to consider designing and building a life-sized North Atlantic Right Whale puppet. I mulled the challenge, studied the whale, and began to think about the construction of the body and its metaphoric, poetic potential.

In January and February 2019, White Box Theatre was in residence with Philadelphia-based dance and puppetry company ArcheDream for Humankind for a six-week workshop.