Silent Waters, written and directed by Gloria Terry, is a production about a family being emotionally torn apart before the events of Hurricane Katrina . After the death of their father, Jimmy Sr, three siblings have different ways of avoiding contributing to their late father’s legacy. The oldest, Jimmy Jr, decides to stay busy and dive into quick easy money schemes. The youngest, Coretha, decided to start making a legacy of her own by becoming a new musician. And the middle sibling, Joshua, leaves for 7 years to live in Chicago, only to return to his dysfunctional family the minute he arrives back. Despite the family’s efforts, the late Jimmy Sr. decides he isn’t resting so peacefully and adds an extra layer of tension and fear to everyone. And as the show progresses it becomes abundantly clear that the family’s methods of avoidance can only get them so far. Especially when they live in New Orleans in August 2005 right before one of the most horrific hurricanes in U.S history. Sound’s job for this show is to amplify and enhance the growing fear and paranoia the family have about Jimmy Sr. It starts off with little things like static radios starting by themselves, and booming thunder interrupting peaceful moments. As the show continues, it gets progressively closer to the end of August and to hurricane Katrina, the mood of the show starts to change and so does sound’s role. Sound’s role then becomes an interruptible force of reality, with heavy winds, rain, and a haunting hurricane nightmare that the family is doomed to face.