![]() ![]() ![]() In the back of our minds, a lot of us have been worried about where we are now.” That’s why this opera, she said, is “on time.” People are reading her books and seeing that somebody saw this 30 years ago, which means we, in some way, have been living it. “I think that’s the thing that turns us towards the world that Octavia imagines. That frustration, she noted, lies under the resurgence of interest in works by Butler, who died in 2006. “Many people feel very assaulted by their government’s impact on planet Earth,” said Reagon. It wasn’t predicting a difficult future anymore it was describing a terrifying present. There is renewed interest in Butler’s writing - particularly her Parable series - in the past few years. And we also got to see collaborative violence globally.”īutler’s work started to feel more urgent and contemporary, and not just to Reagon. We got to see our collaborative power globally. But then the world shut down and the sky was clear. People have said that you can’t stop pollution. “When Covid happened, I was like, this is an opportunity for us to really see our power. “I started paying attention globally,” Reagon said. In the earlier days of the production's decadeslong development, Reagon said that she didn’t think we - as a country or a planet - would be anywhere near the conditions described in the book in 2024. “It’s really on time because it’s reflecting the reality that we’re all living in, whether you know the book or not,” she said. Toshi Reagon said that the timing of the show makes sense. ![]() is descending into climate disaster-fueled chaos and the government is becoming increasingly fascist. Butler’s Parable of the Sower” will make its New York City debut on July 13.īutler's story is set in 2024, at a time when the U.S. ![]()
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