Whenever I am telling a story as profoundly human as this one, I hope that the audience will feel space for themselves in the world of the show. Literally, in the way they get to vote for character choices, and more abstractly in the many ways the wolves convey their emotions through song, dance, and conversation. Whether you're a sarcastic realist with a canny sense of what's right, or a joyful optimist with a big soft heart, I hope as many of you as possible will see a piece of yourselves in our pack. With this in mind, Dessa's music was always the first and only choice for the soundtrack to this story. If you've never listened to her before, she is the only artist I know who writes nearly all of her songs about love, but I cannot categorize any of them as clearly either a "break-up song" or a "love song". Her lyrics drive at the complex realities of adult relationships, where our judgements, preconceptions, and fantasies complicate our ability to accept and offer connection. Pairing the depth of Dessa's music with the passion brought to this show by Justine & Lark as actors has been a huge pleasure, and an absolute gift to this variety-performer-turned-brand-new-playwright trying to figure out how to translate visceral emotion into dialogue. We all knew from day one that the vision for this show was ambitious for a San Diego Fringe Festival world premiere, but who among us isn't occasionally willing to take a big risk in the name of love?