SAPIENCE


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SAPIENCE. MOXIE Theatre & TuYo Theatre in partnership with the Autism Society San Diego present the World Premiere of SAPIENCE by Diana Burbano.

Jan. 26–Feb. 20. Thurs., 7:30 pm; Fri. & Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 2 pm.

Elsa is a primatologist with a secret that’s easier to bear when she’s at work with Wookie, the orangutan she’s training to speak. Her worlds collide when her nephew AJ, a teenager who is nonverbal and on the autism spectrum, forms a relationship with Wookie. Sapience is a ground-breaking and imaginative new play about how we communicate and seek to be understood. All performances are sensory-friendly. 

Cost $22–$44.

MOXIE Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Ste, N. https://bit.ly/3rWb9qb