"A free-wheeling allegory about the ecological costs of energy" This tragic comedy features primordial masks and kinetic puppet figures, vivid paintings, whimsical props and live music. With the Universe as backdrop, the action leapfrogs through events in earth's evolutionary history, from inventive one-celled microbes to modern hominid inventors. The story follows an Egyptian immigrant couple, Isis and Osiris, who run a Soup-of-the-Day shop on the Gulf Coast. From their ancient rounds of planting, harvesting, cooking and composting, Isis and Osiris feed generations of workers sent to gather fuel. Plays-within-the-play depict the rise and fall of civilizations propelled by various fuels. As new cultures scour the earth to keep their fires burning, Isis and Osiris carry-on within cycles of fertility and renewal. Suddenly, an oil rig explosion creates an ecological disaster, and the unlikely pair must summon all their rusty mythological powers to cheat death and revive the waters of life. Visit us at http://ArmOfTheSea.org
