“The day before I left (to come to Chicago), I started to feel a little bit nervous, maybe butterflies. Like, ‘whoa this is happening’, because it’s been 10 years, it’s been so long. It felt like it was never going to happen, even though we had so many workshops, it just felt like work, work, work and then … ‘are we ever going to see it?’(Now) it’s happening! It feels unreal, but it’s so, so lovely.” - composer Justine F. Chen talking about her excitement as she gets closer to opening night.