Before I Leave for Lunastrasse
A full-length audio play with music and soundscaping (70-minutes)
Before I Leave for Lunastrasse
(shtetl morning)
Written and Performed by Emma Tattenbaum-Fine
Directed, Composed and Sound Designed by Preston Martin
Synopsis and a little audio teaser:
The year is 2081. Emma, a wise, spry, elder-millennial, is 95 years old and preparing to leave for the first human settlement on the moon. The risk is enormous, but the earth is no longer comfortably habitable, and the chance to be part of something historic beckons. Newness is hard to bear, but Emma, with her storied past, has come to accept that everything is fleeting and change, the only constant.
In the last two hours in her Brighton Beach apartment she welcomes your company. Making fraught peace with her life's journey and its uncertain meaning, her past lives, ghosts, and memories guide her forward as her life on earth ends and a brave new world begins.
And here is the full 70-minute play! Enjoy, enjoy! It was made with great love, for you. Listen any way you like, BUT: good quality headphones will give you the most precisely intended listening experience!
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