In 1921 Milwaukee, Armenian refugee Aram Tomasian selects a teenage mail-order bride. Seta is also the sole survivor of her family. Both observed first hand the brutal genocide of their families by the Turks; together they must overcome their traumatic loss.

For ambitious photographer Aram, the way to happiness is to replicate his old life. He replaces the heads of his natal family in the only remaining photo of them with a picture of his own and his new bride Seta. As the current patriarch of his clan, he clearly plans the next obligation: enough children to fill in the remaining holes in the picture.

Despite the searing atrocities she has experienced, vivacious Seta approaches her new situation able to enjoy a new safe life in America. Facing trouble in conceiving a child due to her early starvation under the Turks, Seta proves there are numerous ways to love.

Over the decade of their marriage, she builds a true relationship with Aram, breaking through his bitter silence and pain, and creates a warm haven for an orphan boy. The title of the play refers to how the Turks viewed eclipses of the moon: the way they faced the beast on the moon was to shoot it; Kalinoski suggests the way to face a dark unknown is to love it.

The cast of Beast on the Moon included Peter Bellanca as a gentleman, Danny Jacobs as Aram Tomasian, Beata Fido as Seta Tomasian, and Anthony Caselli as Vincent, a boy.