Currently in
the Hopper

Fundraising

This year we are drumming up dollars from the private sector to support the final steps in the creation and production of this 7 year collaboration".

Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands

Conceptualizers:
Kathleen Cramer and O-Lan Jones (with early input from J. Raoul Brody)
Sets and Costumes designed by Snezana Petrovic

Tom and Sue, a couple who are victims of Identity Theft at the deepest levels, reclaim their story by means of a device that allows them to relive the pivotal experiences of their lives embodied in songs, dances, pledges of allegiance and rituals "indigenous" to those turning points...

The artists that have written pieces specifically for this project:

Librettists: Sissy Boyd, Joe Chaikin, Chiwan Choi, Kathleen Cramer, Gilbert Girion, Erik Ehn, Julie Hebert, O-Lan Jones, Merle Kessler, Quincy Long, Lynn Manning, Ruth Margraff, Leon Martell, Marlane Meyer, Ken Roht, Octavio, Stolis, John Steppling, Caridad Svich, Sharon Yablon, Guy Zimmerman.

Composers: John Ballinger, J. Raoul Brody, Eric Culver, Beth Custer, Jeff Fairbanks, Bart Hopkin, O-Lan Jones, Penka Kouneva, Richard Mariott, David O, George Sarah.

Overtone has recently joined forces with the Peculiar Works Project to prepare for our New York premiere of SONGS AND DANCES in 2010.