 p r i s m, by Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins, is a haunting, kaleidoscopic new work of opera-theatre that traverses the elasticity of memory after trauma.Composer Ellen Reid’s music erupts with color, using choral and orchestral manipulation to deliver an eerily distinct sonic world.”
-- from the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater website

The first act, titled "sanctuary as it should be", utilizes a dreamlike soundscape.Bibi is locked away in a room with her overly concerned mother, Lumee, who serves as her caretaker.