The Melon’s Cry – Philly Fringe

On the eve of September 11, 2001, the world is about to change. Inside the halls of an elite New York City private school, two best friends are navigating a profound awakening of their own. Reimagining Christina Rossetti’s Victorian masterpiece Goblin Market, The Melon’s Cry tracks Laura and Lizzie as they fall under a trance of insatiable sensory and intellectual discovery. Moving in parallel yet diverging, their personal journeys are about to collide with history.