Kaiulani Lee In Conversation With Dawn Scott

A Sense of Wonder, written and performed by Kaiulani Lee, has been touring the world for over a decade playing to prominent audiences including on Capitol Hill, once again bringing Rachel Carson's voice to the halls of Congress. This one person play is the story of one woman's love for the natural world and her fight to defend it and explore humanity's relationship to nature. It gives us a look into the extremely private life of Rachel Carson who was thrust into the role of controversial public figure in her quest for environmental justice. ACT I takes place in Miss Carson's summer home as she is preparing for a trip. 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. With the publication of her book Silent Spring in 1962 Carson challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world. Rachel Carson's witness for the beauty and integrity of life continues to inspire new generations to protect the living world and all its creatures. 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.

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