Precipice

Join us on Thursday, June 24th from 5-6pm for an online work-in-progress presentation of Precipice, in collaboration with AMANDA + JAMES and their PlayTime series, devoted to readings of new works of theater. Told as an object theatre/chamber opera, Precipice sets an intimate story against epic natural landscapes, created with hand-made paper dioramas and live feed video.

Featuring music excerpts and interviews with the creative team: Susan Zeeman Rogers (concept and design), Rima Fand (music), Karen Fisher (libretto), and Mallory Catlett (direction), hosted by James Danner.

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Banner photo by Steven Pisano

Creative Team:

Conceived and designed by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Music by Rima Fand
Libretto by Karen Fisher
Direction by Mallory Catlett
Music direction by Mila Henry

Workshop artists:

Alice Tolan-Mee, Ana / mezzo
Lacy Rose, Developer’s wife, Fiancée’s Mother, Chorus / soprano
Daisy Press, Ana’s Mother, Earth Spirit, Raven, Chorus / soprano
David Hughey, Fiancée, Raven, Chorus / tenor
Jonathan Hays, Ana's Father, Raven, Chorus / baritone
Adrian Rosas, Developer, Fiancée’s Father, Mother Tree, Chorus / bass-baritone

Production team:

James Danner, Producer
Amanda Hameline, Producer
Charlie Danner, recording engineer

Presented in collaboration with AMANDA+JAMES

Thank you for your donation to this online presentation of Precipice.

About the OPERA:

Ana finds freedom in the forest, but as a child of the 1950’s her wild spirit is crushed and her voice is stolen by adults who disregard and punish her. Rather than marry a man who expects only beauty and docility, she finds her way to the precipice of her dream, and leaps. She wakes to find herself in a surreal wilderness in which she must fight to find her voice and power as a woman, and to create a world worth returning to.

Told as an object theatre/chamber opera, Precipice sets an intimate story against epic natural landscapes, created with hand-made paper dioramas and live feed video. This contemporary fairy tale has music by Rima Fand, libretto by Karen Fisher, design by Susan Zeeman Rogers and direction by Mallory Catlett. By drawing parallels between environmental and emotional damage, Precipice looks at how we are silenced and exiled, and at how we find our way back to connection, both with each other and the natural world.

Find more information about the opera HERE.