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Following a surfing accident off the coast of Dunes Beach, Florida, Jenna wakes to find herself in the company of a young man named Jonah. He tells her that they are inside the belly of a whale, that he has been here for three years and that there is no chance of escape. Jenna refuses to accept any of that, and she becomes determined to free them both. Meanwhile, as members of Jenna's hometown worry about her fate, an unexpected visitor arrives to challenge the bonds and beliefs of this already fractured community.
Co-written with Miami playwright Vanessa Garcia (Amparo; Grace, Sponsored by Monteverde), Jenna & the Whale is about life, death and who we are in a community and as individuals. It’s about the things we see and what we can’t, the things we know and the things we grapple to understand.
Currently in development with the Broadway Factor, a company founded by producers of Hadestown, The Inheritance, Kinky Boots, Mrs. Doubtfire and other Broadway and off-Broadway shows, Jenna & the Whale received a staged reading from Miami New Drama in November 2019. On June 30, 2020, a reading of the play was broadcast internationally via Broadway On Demand. Proceeds benefited The Sol Project and North Star Projects, both based in New York.