el splash zone
El Splash Zone is a bilingual participatory musical experience, bringing together Spanish and English speaking communities in the spirit of hope, connection, and healing. The experience will feature a dynamic blend of songs, activities, puppets, and story - uplifting insights from the natural world as we move through and are transformed by conflict, especially tension that stems from cross-cultural misunderstandings. Spinning off from the story of the Tower of Babel, we’ll journey together through the watery challenges and opportunities of multilingual diversity - all carried on the current of original music performed by the Babble Ons.
This is not a spectator experience - get ready to be splashed with emotion, get out of your seats in playful dance, and get tangled up in stories of metamorphosis through friction. There will be different levels of participation you can opt into. Walk away with new friendships, and a loaded conflict tool belt - equipped with songs and practices to bring levity and perspective into moments of tension.
Here are some reflections from our first time offering this experience on November 8-9, 2025:
Still feeling the ripples of the splash we made at our weekend of participatory performances, November 8-9, 2025 💦 We stretched across cultures and shook ourselves back into our shared first language; authentic movement. We dawned masks that visibilize the internal frames that so often limit our ability to truly see each other. We allowed ourselves to be guided by the collective wisdom of the bees, and to tune into the vibration of the swarm (which is the same frequency as a thunderstorm!) We sang, we laughed, we melted ourselves into a puddle that reflected back our collective brilliance. Infinitely grateful for the creative community who mobilized to join this dreamscape, and for the trust to be guided by Oona’s creative direction, and by the songs that have guided me through conflict and hardship and into the other side.
Thank you to our amazing cast, band, and production team for opening up the portal into a liberated world where bee stings transform kidnappers into protectors.
