delicacy of a puffin heart

The Dramat Spring Ex 2024

by Stefani Kuo

Drawing of a peeling clementine on a blue background

Each scene named after a question in the New York Times’ 36 Questions to Fall in Love, delicacy of a puffin heart jumps between the intertwined stories of Meryl and Ana Sofia and their daughter Robyn and her roommate Hadley. 

In a small San Francisco apartment in the 1990s, Meryl and Ana Sofia, a lesbian couple, attempt to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization while navigating Meryl’s bipolar disorder II. In the same apartment two decades later, their daughter, Robyn, and her roommate Hadley are forced to navigate their friendship through Robyn’s cancer. 

In the struggle to take control of their lives, relationships, and illnesses, four women unravel the complexity of their Asian, Bulgarian, and outsider-to-American identities and experience the potential loss of female friendship and sense of self: What does it mean to love someone honestly even when they are incapable of being honest with themselves?

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Performance Dates & Times

February 15, 2024 - 8:00pm

February 16, 2024 - 8:00pm

February 17, 2024 - 2:00pm

February 17, 2024 - 8:00pm

Location

University Theatre

Venue Accessibility: 
Lobby, orchestra level seating, and facilities are accessible via a ramp at the front of the building. Balcony level seating requires the use of stairs.

Patron Information

NOTE: The Saturday evening performance of this production will feature American Sign Language (ASL) performers. Limited seating is available. Please contact tickets@yaledramat.org to request a ticket for the ASL performance of this production. Thank you.

Performers

Robyn
Hadley
Jane Park
Ana Sofia

Production Team

Producer
Director
Director
Stage Manager
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Props Designer
Koby Chen
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Set Designer
Head Electrician
Sound Engineer
Technical Director
Makeup Artist
Kemper Rodi
Dramaturg
Associate
Stage Manager
Assistant
Lighting Designer
Mateo Balbarin
Assistant
Stage Manager
Assistant
Stage Manager
Samantha Liu
Assistant
Technical Director
Sets Team
Sets Team
Sets Team