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Dread creeps in; the ear instinctively fastens on anything, whether fire-hiss or bird call or susurrus of leaves, that will save it from this unknown emptiness. The Economist, "People crave silence, yet are unnerved by it," 17 May 2018

This aura suffuses every aspect of the production, including Lauren Helpern’s stylized woodland set; Isabella Byrd and Matt Frey’s crepuscular lighting and Leah Gelpe’s sound, which abounds in the susurrus of crickets. Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: Songs Say What a Family Can’t in ‘Sundown, Yellow Moon’," 14 Mar. 2017

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