This extraordinary contemporary drama explores what has been described as the two remaining mysteries of existence: the human brain and the infinite cosmos. The narrative centers on Anna, a brilliant, highly articulate astronomer on the cusp of a promising academic career whose life is violently upended after being struck by an automobile. The accident leaves her with aphasia—a profound neurological condition that completely strips away her ability to speak coherently, forcing her thoughts into a fragmented, chaotic output of unconnected words. Through a series of brief, episodic encounters, the script chronicles her painstaking path toward rehabilitation and a personal triumph to deliver a critical research paper in Paris, while charting the severe emotional strain her condition places on her opera-singer lover and her teenage daughter. Heavily inspired by the real-life neurological struggles of a prominent avant-garde director, the text serves as an objective, moving study of human isolation, the fundamental drive for communication, and what remains of our identity when our tools of language are completely dissolved.
