Cumulo: a nonverbal puppet piece by Emily Batsford

Whimsical and violent, this workshop of Cumulo examines how we reclaim autonomy when life sends us into freefall. Protagonist Plum plummets through a skyscape of sentient cotton candy clouds and creatures in a journey of embodied transformation, supported by a cotton candy set embedded with fans and a large-scale mobile of floating cloud islands.

After each performance, audience members are encouraged to leave reflections — written, drawn, verbal — at our Cotton Candy table in the lobby. We’re particularly interested in your response to the show’s narrative and worldbuilding, and your stories of resistance: resistance to change, to identity, to systems, to expectations — and what followed.