virginia wadsworth wirtz center for the performing arts

april 19-28, 2024

co-created by Julie Marie Myatt and Jessica Thebus with members of the Northwestern community

directed by Jessica Thebus

music and lyrics by Harrison Lewis

choreographed by Jeff Hancock and Kristen Waagner

music directed by Otto Vogel

stage managed by Olive Ferguson

set design by Wynn Lee

lighting design by Chelsea Strebe

costume and puppet design by Josie Everett

sound design by Stefanie Senior

dramaturgy by Jooyoung Cho

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featuring Sierra Rosetta, Esteban Ortiz-Villacorta, Anne-Sophie Lacombe Garcia, Faith Walh, Nathan Hiykel, Bella Castilho, Julia Yanosik-Perez, Emet Mandell, Madi Meltzer, Angel Jordan, Grace Wagner, Sarah Talbert, Sarah Charles Lewis, Talya Braverman, Alec Rego, Felix Gaddie, Ibrahim Kahn, Eva Burkholder, Diane Li, Dahlia Trilling, Sadie Stickler, Mary Kate Tanselle, and Aiden Klinges

Based on the first field guide to North American wildflowers, How to Know the Wildflowers: A Map is a devised theatrical ritual of communal healing, centering the Illinois prairie and our relationship to the land.