Nabra Nelson

My play What to Expect will have a limited run on April 1-8, 2026 at Seattle Public Theater, co-produced by Pork Filled Productions!

Wed, Apr 1st, 2026 at 7:30 pm – Preview

Sun, Apr 5th, 2026 at 7:30 pm – Preview

Mon, Apr 6th, 2026 at 7:30 pm – Opening Night

Tue, Apr 7th, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Wed, Apr 8th, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: $10-$100 sliding scale

Synopsis: In the year 2080, the new normal involves taboos on pregnancy, car ownership, red meat, and single-family homes. It involves travel restrictions, a mixed-race majority, and ongoing climate disasters. But other than that, everything is the old normal. Except for Candace’s experimental pregnancy. As she waits for her husband Ahmed to adopt a child to round out their “homogeneous” Egyptian nuclear family, she starts getting pains that her Doctor can’t explain, and she meets an intriguing new friend named JeeYoung. The clock ticks as the Big One approaches to wash away Candace’s plans, but she is determined to fly away in time.

“If in 60 years, the world is burning…and flooding… and quaking. How will we react as a society when the end is constantly looming?” says producer and director Alanah Pasqual. “Maybe we will focus on what we can control, we will make a plan and stick to it, even if our own bodies are railing against us. What to Expect reminds me that there is no time to live dishonestly. To be authentically lost, messy, and trying is surviving.”