Other important events of 1989 include the fall of the Berlin wall, rebellion and repression in China’s Tiananmen Square, the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, and the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area.

“The catalysts for the show are quite numerous and at this point fairly abstracted in the final project,” Swetz said. “We don’t want to mislead people who might come looking for a show about “x” since “x” will most likely not be obvious in the production.”