Adapted from and further inspired by the short story Mermaid in the Jar by Sheila Heti, this triptych of short chamber operas (Mermaid in the Jar, Prairie Dogs, and Fine and Dandy) takes place entirely within an eleven-year-old girl’s bedroom as she overhears her parents’ volatile conversations. Over the course of a few days, a mermaid she received as a gift, a family of prairie dogs she stuffed herself, and singing groups of chicken pox and shingles force her to confront what it means to care for others and be cared for herself.