An interactive performance installation honoring release and renewal.
Conception and Art Direction by Ava Roy .
Performance created by Ava Roy in collaboration with Regina León and Britt Lauer.
ON VIEW: October 4 - November 1, 2025
Opening Ceremony: Saturday October 4
Closing Ceremony: Saturday November 1
Opening and closing ceremonies will both include:
* guided meditation and multi-sensory activation
* immersion into the luscious garden
* audience with the Goddess of the Moon at her outdoor temple
* a simple vegan meal of soup, salad, and locally baked bread
Tiered Ticketing for equitable access
- Standard ticket price. $150.
- Subsidized ticket price for those in greatest financial need. $100.
- Support our subsidized ticket level. Your ticket price at this level ensures that others in greater financial need may still experience this special event. $200.
It's important to us that anyone, regardless of their income, is able to witness our work - please choose the ticket price that best reflects your means.
All ticket sales are final, no refunds, no exchanges. We thank you in advance for understanding this policy.
About Our Lady of the Moon: Inspired in part by the Mayan goddess Ix Chel, whose realm is that of the moon, tides, and all things cyclical and surging, this interactive visual art installation heightens sensory awareness and promotes a contemplative state. A series of evocative signage gently guides the visitor to a towering ladder built of recycled California cedar. Incorporating elements of water, salt, bone, stone, and textiles - and set in natural environs - the piece invites meditation on cyclical impermanence like the phases of the moon and her pull on the ocean, which creates the tides. The live performance component places Ix Chel herself, played by actress Regina Léon, at the top of this temple structure, where she offers a ceremony for visitors who gather below. While inviting us to consider what we are ready to let go of, the Goddess also reminds us that we have what we need and all shall be well.
The goddess will be present in her human form as part of a sensory immersion into the wonders of Western Hill Garden and ceremony of celebration, release, and renewal on Saturdays October 4 and November 1, 2025
About We Players: We Players is the San Francisco Bay Areas premiere site-specific theatre company. Founded in 2000, this unique nonprofit creates stunning productions that are intimate and interactive - stimulating all of the senses through dynamic in situ staging. Projects take place in national, state, and regional parks as well as botanical gardens. Western Hills Garden is thrilled to partner with the organization to present Our Lady of the Moon.
