18 Candles ​was created leading up to, during, and following the 2020 Presidential election. We were tired, angry, and afraid, especially in the days following November 3rd. We were in rehearsal when the results came in that weekend. For the first time in weeks, months, years, we felt relief. The election took time and energy away from us. But rather than try to ignore how we felt, we leaned into it even more. ​18 Candles ​is a piece about survival of an epidemic, and was created during a pandemic, during the most historic election of our lifetimes.

We’re survivors. We’re surviving. We’ve survived.