Nicholas Eddie, HannaH Sunley-Paisley, Michael Gordon Spence, Heather Marie Annis, and Malia Rogers in Dissonant Species | Photo by Michael Cooper

Dissonant Species contains multitudes. In only an hour, Theatre Gargantua presents an audio-visual marvel that is both intimately specific and cosmically expansive. Music theory and sound science provide a scholarly framework for this deeply human story that feels genuinely in tune with its audience and the world we’re currently contending with. 

Writers Heather Marie Annis and Michael Gordon Spence have crafted an intelligent, whimsical modern fable that addresses how the smallest gestures can resonate far deeper than we expect. An aggressive bump while walking along the street, for instance, sets a gentle yet passionate music teacher (Spence) spiralling into murderous fantasies of vengeance that press him to question his very nature. Continue Reading