Wax Wings
Opening Night: June 1, 2011
Closing: June 11, 2011
Theater: The Wild Project
Wax Wings depicts the unsettling and real life possibility of a virulent new strain of SARS erupting in the United States. Amidst the increasing probability of a pandemic igniting in rural Alabama, the affected area is quickly placed under military quarantine. Four scientists are chosen to spearhead the race to find a vaccine, but their personal lives are on the verge of cracking.
BUY TICKETSREAD THE REVIEWS:
June 7, 2011
There is great ambition in Matthew Maguire’s drama “Wax Wings,” at the Wild Project, not least in its inquiry into scientific issues. The play, presented by the Creation Production Company, of which Mr. Maguire is co-artistic director, offers copious information about the dengue mosquito, the form of pneumonia known as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and the pressures that researchers endure from their backers. It also addresses conflicts between faith and rationality; the drive to reproduce and the impulse to resist it; and the relative merits of expediency and caution in a crisis. The debates, unfortunately, don’t end there.
READ THE REVIEW