{"product_id":"sapience-9798256039479","title":"Sapience","description":"\u003cp\u003eSAPIENCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Diana Burbano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsa is a primatologist who has spent her life making herself legible to a world that was never built for her. Brilliant, Latinx, and autistic, she has hidden her truth even from herself; she finds it easier to communicate with Wookie, a young female orangutan, than with the humans who surround her. When her research brings her back into the orbit of her ex-boyfriend Jason, her cousin Miri, and Miri's nonverbal teenage son AJ, the careful boundaries Elsa has constructed between science and feeling begin to dissolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm, funny, and deeply moving, Sapience asks what it truly means to communicate and whether love requires speech at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sapience beams with affection for each of its five characters.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Oregon ArtsWatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wondrous experience of stepping into the world of color, light and sound.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Oregon ArtsWatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I felt very called out by Sapience, in addition to being emotionally rocked by it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Portland Mercury\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The audience's standing ovation opening night said it all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Artists Repertory Theatre press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld premiered at Moxie Theatre \/ TuYo Theatre, and at Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 actors - 90 minutes - No intermission - For production inquiries: dianaburbano@icloud.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Breath of Fire Literary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256039479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Diana Burbano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934208848053,"sku":"9798256039479","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sapience-9798256039479","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}