Our production focuses on underrepresented people in our society that are impacted by the "wars" of today. Therfore, my initial research was on music by and for women and people of color. I made a playlist of empowering songs and songs that reflected the mood of the play. In addition, I found a spotify playlist made by PBS that listed Native American Musicians You Should Know. I found the Native American music interesting because in United States history they were one of the first people to be displaced from their land. 

Inspired from Native American music, we started to focus on drums and percussion. Many cultures have their own drumming patterns and instruments and often they express a deep emotion and story. These instruments felt like the perfect way for the women to express their story, from their heart to a beating drum. Some of the types of drums we looked at were bodhran from Ireland, daf from Iran, Djembe from West Africa, and bucket drums. The bucket drums were inspired from the scenic and costume design research which focused on homelessness, refugees and human trafficking. People in these situations have to use whatever they can get their hands on in order to survive. Bucket drums seemed to be something that was easily attainable even when in disaster.