THE ELEPHANT PLAY Spotlight: Chris Wight

We’re thrilled to continue the creative team of The Elephant Play by Kelly O’Donnell with musician/composer Chris Wight! Chris is a Flux Creative Partner and recently appeared in The Ether, What She Left Us, and Polly, a dumbshow for smart people desperate to survive the fallout. The questions are inspired by Kelly’s beautiful play—make sure to RSVP for the 6/27 and 6/28 readings in NYC!

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Do you have a favorite fact about elephants? If so, please share it.

They can communicate over miles via their infrasound rumbles🤘🏾.

Who is your favorite fictional pachyderm?

Lumpy the Heffalump.

Elephants are fabled to never forget. What’s your memory like these days?

I’ve always been epically awful at remembering names. I’ve probably forgotten yours and am scrolling through my phone trying to use contextual clues to remind myself. I remember you just fine; it’s just your stupid name I forgot please forgive me.

Chris Wight (he/him) is a Creative Partner with Flux and a longtime artistic member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. He has composed and performed original music for a number of productions including Flux’s Dog Act and Hearts Like Fists, and more recently provided guitar accompaniment for Flux’s Food:Soul production of Fear & Wonder.