Pink Sparrow had the privelege to partner= with The Industry to build the set for the production of The Comet/Poppea, which took place at WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA last month. Presented on a turntable divided in two halves, these worlds unfold simultaneously, with the stage’s rotation creating a visual and sonic spiral for audiences. Our creative fabrication team meticulously worked through all of the fine details of each set.

From The Industry: “The work juxtaposes Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), an Italian opera from 1643 unfolding among the social divisions of ancient Rome; and the world premiere of The Comet, based on the 1920 science-fiction short story by sociologist and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. Set in 1920s New York City, “The Comet” depicts a Black man and white woman as the only survivors after a comet hits Earth.”