[4] [5] In October of 2023, an operatic adaptation of Grounded opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
[6][7] The Kennedy Center's publicity summarizes the opera as "Jess is a hot shot F-16 fighter pilot, an elite warrior trained for the sky.
When an unexpected pregnancy grounds her, she’s reassigned to the “chair force” to control drones in Afghanistan from the comfort of a trailer in Las Vegas.
Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo stars as a pilot and mother shaken into a downward spiral as her separation between career and home crumbles.
In reviewing North Coast Rep's 2022 production, the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote "Into the Breeches may be about the can-do spirit of some aspiring thespians 80 years ago, but it’s really a love letter to the boundary-breaking magic of theater and the universality of Shakespeare’s writing.