The joy of festivals is the sense of discovery. The sense of the unknown. And mostly the sense of possibility. With especially troublesome scheduling this year, not everything can be seen by everyone. We pick some shows, and some we leave up to fate. In this case, when I got caught up in a phone conversation en route to one show and ended up missing it, the fates guided me toward what I can truly say is my highlight of this year's SummerWorks: Kayak.

With stellar, insightful writing by Jordan Hall, Kayak, produced by The Original Norwegian, successfully...