The Love of the Nightingale is an adaptation of the ancient Greek legend of the rape of Philomela by her brother-in-law Tereus, and the gruesome revenge undertaken by Philomela and her sister Procne. The play takes a feminist look at the ancient tale. The design team's inspiration was the work of photographer Jim Fiscus and his collection The Unfortunate Moment of Misunderstanding. Moment acts as a photographic novella  about a wood carver who creates the same doll over and over again.