Light The Night: A Symphonic Graphic novel

All Alma has ever wanted is to be a composer, one of the greats. Passionate and prolific, she sees magic in every corner of the world. While she hopes her marriage to a famous composer 20 years her senior will be a partnership of equals, he has a different idea. Gustav scoffs at the idea of husband and wife composers and forbids her from writing more. She stuffs her compositions into a cherished briefcase that belonged to her father.
After the birth of her daughter, alone and scared, Alma notices a curious light beckoning to her from the briefcase. Desperate to evade the alien duties of motherhood, she opens it. To her amazement, a meadow bursts forth, transforming her stark room into a paradise that recalls her fantastical relationship with her father. But when a swift and fatal illness later takes her daughter, a shadow emerges from the briefcase, consuming Alma. Suddenly she is rent in two; and so is the screen. Half of her seems to revel in domesticity while the other half, heartbroken, searches for her lost daughter in a murky alternate reality. Stripped of wonder and ambition, Alma navigates grief and disappointment in a quest to reconcile her two selves and find a new way to write the masterpieces she has always dreamed of.
Based on historical publications about Alma including her own private diaries, Light the Night tells the story of Alma’s contributions to the works of her husband Gustav, shedding light on the invisible labour behind great masterpieces.
Saturday, March 9 @ 7:30pm – Sagebrush Theatre
Sunday, March 10 @ 3:00 pm – The Nexus at First