The Whale's Tale

Synopsis:

At the Neptune Marine Institute, the birth of a new orca in captivity is cause for celebration. But when another female whale kills the mother, Charlie Banks, a senior scientist, must figure out why.  Plagued by his own experience with infertility, and dealing with three very different women, his boss, a young whale trainer, and his ex-wife, plus the male head of the Institute whom he's known for nearly 25 years, Charlie struggles to make sense of what happened, on a stage dominated by a huge hollow sculpture of a whale. 

Notes: All the science in this play is accurate. The play has received two readings through Fierce Backbone, one in person at the Pico Playhouse on August 27, 2022, and the other, by Zoom, approximately a year earlier.