A great stone falls from the atmosphere at 3 o’clock on 13 December 1795, plummeting into Emory Miller’s farm. In its wake come reports of fire and strange flashes of light. What happens next is the story of a townspeople divided, manipulated by fear and destitution at the hands of an increasingly wealthy few.

A musical allegory for modern times, Wold Meteor asks: What sacrifice will bring about change?

About the Playwright:

KATE ATTWELL

Kate is a writer who works between New York and London. She was a member of the 2016 Page 73’s Writers Group. Commissions include Chichester Festival Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, MTC / Sloan, A.C.T., EST, WRAPT Films/OpenSky, and Yale Rep. She is part of the Royal Ballet & Opera’s Jette Parker Artists programme, Making the Future of Opera. Recent productions include The Assemblywomen at CSULB/Cal Rep, Testmatch at The Orange Tree, Octagon Bolton, and A.C.T. (“Riveting” – Guardian), Big Data at A.C.T., (“a masterclass in live theatre” – Forbes), Jesus in Manhattan at EST ("Ambitious and memorable" - NY Times), and Demonstrating the Imaginary Body at the Public Theater's Under the Radar festival and REDCAT. She has been a member of Ars Nova's PlayGroup, a Mabou Mines Resident Artist and on the Public Theater’s Devised Theater Working Group. Her plays are published by Nick Hern.