Presented at Stage Fright Festival 2026

Milk Tooth Wisdom Tooth is a grim fable with music exploring fear of aging, loss of control, and vulnerability — through teeth.

Teeth hold enormous power in our society. They simultaneously showcase status, are ornamental, and are necessary for us to eat and function as humans. Dreams of teeth falling out have been said to symbolize stress, insecurity, or fear of change.

Taking inspiration from the physical and symbolic importance of teeth, Milk Tooth Wisdom Tooth creates a world of folkloric fantasy supported by an inhuman world of strange characters. A tooth fairy plans on giving the noble peasant dentist a gift — but with a cost.

This faded, twisted fantasy world relies on design elements from the BSC team, including but not limited to fantastical paper mache adornments, a horrific dentally-designed soundscape, and mouthy projections.

No matter what’s on the outside, this show is a reminder that we are just machines of meat and bone, and that bones (and TEETH) are the most eternal part of our physical bodies. Isn’t that kind of magical, and also horrifying?