Sacrifice. Redemption. The love between parent and child. A girl is orphaned by a devastating drought and is left with nothing but the buckskin doll her parents made for her before they died. The Great Spirits have called for the people to make a burnt offering of their most treasured possession. The girl knows what she must do.

She-Who-Loves reflects FST's continuing interest in transcultural exploration: structured and performed with strong influence from the Japanese Noh drama, adapted from a Comanche Indian story and bound dramatically to the real lives of its principal performers, the piece bridges space, time and cultural differences with a commanding grace. Hailed by Puppetry International magazine as a work of "surpassing beauty," "at the intersection of Art and Nature, of Earth and Spirit," She-Who-Loves is an exquisitely drawn parable of selflessness, mortality and miracle.

" The enacted notion of selfless sacrifice has dropped like a pebble into a dark pool. The ripples move outward from the tiny theater into the real lives of the actors, and further still into the hearts of the audience. This is the purpose of such rituals: to transform and enlighten us before we, too, sink back into the unsentimental sands. "
Puppetry International Magazine

" The emphasis is on conveying theme and emotion through precise movements, and the results are a vindication of the ancient ways. No words could add to the emotion when the fragile ghost mother pulls away her sleeping daughter's blanket in order to lay her head against the child's feet, nor when the wind finally rips the clinging spirit away. "
The Portland Phoenix