Meet the Characters
(she/her)
Transgender woman, early in transition. Mid-twenties. Wasp's girlfriend.
Janey
Wasp
(they/them)
Non-binary person, mid-twenties. Janey's boyfriend, Isaac's ex-girlfriend
Isaac
(he/him)
Cisgender man. Mid-to-late twenties. Caroline’s boyfriend, Wasp’s ex-boyfriend.
(she/her)
Cisgender woman. Mid-twenties. Isaac’s girlfriend, Rachel’s sister. Older daughter of the Prophet.
Caroline
(she/her)
Cisgender woman. Early twenties. Lesbian. Caroline’s sister. Younger daughter of the Prophet.
Rachel
Glossary
A.k.a., the Cult. A fundamentalist group that hopes to expand and homogenize the town’s population through Angelic intervention.
The Church of the Angel Redeemers
A swarm of yellowjackets that impregnate uterus-havers with rapid twelve-hour pregnancies.
The Angels
The day that a virgin and a man join together to offer their bodies to the Angels through a special ritual at the Altar.
Divine Birthday
The cult building where all rituals take place.
The Altar
A virgin in the cult who chooses (or is told) to give her reproductive power to the Angels.
Holy Mother
Men in the cult who choose (or are told) to give their reproductive power to the angels.
Seraphim
A last-ditch attempt at abortion access.
Coca-Cola
Setting
A small town in Northern BC. Mountainous. Forested. Isolated but still within driving distance of a major city.
Wasp was commissioned and developed by Nightswimming and produced by safeword.
This production is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Illustrations by Kira Buro