[1] Imogen, a bear disguising herself as a human, makes her way to a London theatre in 1598 to convince a mapmaker to reverse the name change to her hometown.
They are interrupted by Anne's maid Anna Roos who demands that Imogen, Leonato's wife, be included in the play.
John sees a map on the wall featuring the real Imogen's hometown called according to its proper name.
[3] The stage directions of act 1, scene 1 read "Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, He- / ro his daughter, and Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.
"[4] Innogen is a ghost character who many scholars assume is a remnant of Shakespeare's earlier ideas for the play but was later written out.
[6] Imogen Says Nothing also plays on the line stage direction "He exits, pursued by a bear" in The Winter's Tale.
The play features several characters inspired by real Elizabethan actors of the King's Men, including William Shakespeare.
"[9] Imogen Says Nothing premiered on January 20, 2017 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, who also commissioned the play, in New Haven, Connecticut.
[2] San Diego City College's Dramatic Arts program staged a production of the play, directed by professor Kate Neff Stone, in Fall of 2022.
The play was directed by professor and professional freelance director Malcolm Tulip and was produced by University Productions.