Written
and performed by
Kaiulani Lee, Ms.
Lee has been touring
the United States
for over fifteen
years. Her play
has been the centerpiece
of regional and
national conferences
on conservation,
education, journalism,
and the environment.
Ms. Lee has performed
the play at over
one hundred universities,
dozens of high schools,
the Smithsonian Institute,
the Albert Schweitzer
Conference at the
United Nations, the
Sierra Club's Centennial
in San Francisco,
and at the Department
of the Interior's
150th anniversary
celebration.
A Sense
of Wonder has played
throughout the provinces
of
Canada, in England
and Italy. In addition,
the play opened the
2005 World Expo in
Japan and in May
2007 Ms. Lee performed
the play on Capitol
Hill, bringing Miss
Carson ’s voice once again
to the halls of Congress.
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Kaiulani Lee brings to the writing and acting of A Sense of Wonder more
than 35 years of experience in theatre, film, and television. Ms. Lee has starred
in
over a dozen plays on and off-Broadway. She has been nominated for the Drama
Desk Award on Broadway and has won the OBIE Award for outstanding achievement
off-Broadway.
Ms. Lee has guest-starred in numerous television series
including Law & Order, The Equalizer, Tales from the
Dark Side, and
The Waltons. Her film credits include The Seduction of
Joe Tynan,
The Fan, Garp,
Cujo, and Compromising Positions. She starred
as Martha Ballard
in the critically acclaimed PBS film A Midwife's Tale.
Ms. Lee has devoted years
of her life to bringing
quality theatre to communities
across the country and is the recipient
of an honorary doctorate
from Bowdoin College
for her contribution
to and excellence in the performing arts.
Set in 1963 after
the phenomenal
success of the book
Silent Spring, the
play is the story of
one woman's love
for the natural world
and her fight to
defend it. A Sense of Wonder relates Rachel
Carson's story
as she is preparing
to leave her home
in Maine. It is
the story of an
extremely private
person who is thrust
into the role of
of a controversial
public figure who
never intended to be
such a figure.
ACT I - Takes place in Miss Carson's summer home as she is preparing to leave.
Fighting cancer, she fears this may well be her last visit to her beloved Maine
coast.
ACT II - Begins two months later in the
wake of the furor
over her book Silent Spring. Carson is simultaneously battling
the chemical industry, the government,
and
the press to get her message to Congress and the American people.
Rachel Carson has
been called "the patron saint of the environmental
movement." She was a marine biologist, zoologist,
and writer who
is best
known for her book Silent
Spring, which alerted
the world to the
dangers of chemical
pesticides and
launched our modern
environmental movement.
Less known is that
Miss Carson was
one of America's
great poets of
the natural world.
In her earlier
works she brought
to life the beauty
and the mystery
of the seas and
its creatures to
millions of readers.
A Sense of Wonder was created
with the help and guidance
of many of Miss Carson's
friends and colleagues
and with permission
from the Rachel Carson
estate.
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