Stephanie Hope Lawlor and Raymond Louter in “Whale Fall”, Photo by Stephen Near

His daughter Rebecca’s love of the ocean and her aspirations for a life in marine biology was the impetus for playwright Stephen Near’s Whale Fall, presented by Same Boat Theatre. It’s a deeply personal story—rooted by real people, leaping inventively into an imagined, very possible future. It holds two relationships and weaves them together—a father and daughter, a woman and her years-long connection to the orcas. Continue Reading