by Spencer Duncan, dramaturg

If you’ve seen Water Sings Blue, you may have been intrigued about its costumes, props, or choice of music
It’s simple. The 1950’s are often remembered with nostalgia as a carefree time, when life was less complicated and a child’s world less scary. White-picked suburbia was marketed as a place for young families to thrive, as can be seen in this 1957 promotional video for

According to American psychologist Peter Gray
This is why Water Sings Blue is reminiscent of the 1950’s. By transporting audience members, the majority of them children, to a carefree holiday they can play along in, we hope to give them a sense of security and creative freedom they can later draw upon when life’s sailing gets rough.
