"...an ambitious and possibly ground-breaking new opera."
- Mark Swed, L.A. Times 7/10/2010
Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands
Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands
July 2010
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Ovation Award Winner!
The show follows Tom and Sue as they search for their lost identities by visiting imaginary places that embody the pivotal experiences of their lives. The audience literally travels with them on a journey through 21 fantastical “lands,” twenty singers/dances, a live nine-piece orchestra, huge art installations, and the collaboration of twenty-one Librettists and eleven composers all in a vacant 25,000 square foot Culver City car dealership donated for this project by Joseph Miller of Runyon Partners.
Assistant Director Nataki Garrett, Stage Manager Maggie Goddard, Assistant Choreographer Renée Archibald, Lights Dan Reed, Audience Transpo Gregg Emmel, Sound John Ballinger & Tony Palermo, Producers Scott Cargle & Vibrant Production Management
CAST: Jason Adams (Tom), Melody Butiu, Julie Clark, Patty Cornell, Arséne De Lay, Jesse Einstein, Annie McCain Engman, Orlando Griffin, Michael Harris, Jamey Hood (Sue), Alan Jay House, Gretchen Johnson, Seriozha Lyvers, Matthew McCray, Lais Pedroso, Deon Sams, Dory Schultz, MJ Silva, Brooke Webber, Cesili Williams and Silvie Zamora.
LIBRETTISTS
Sissy Boyd, Joe Chaikin, Chiwan Choi, Kathleen Cramer, Erik Ehn, Gilbert Girion, Deb Gwinn, Julie Hébert, O-Lan Jones, Merle Kessler, Quincy Long, Lynn Manning, Ruth Margraff, Leon Martell, Marlane Meyer, Ken Roht, Octavio Solis, John Steppling, Caridad Svich, Sharon Yablon, and 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, and George Sarah.
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Overtone Industries is supported by The Annenberg Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, LACAC, DCA Los Angeles and the National Endowment for the Arts
