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Original Vision: Leveling
ICELAND: a re-Creation Myth
Read the full review of ICELAND: a reCreation Myth in DC Theatre Arts
“It’s an exquisitely beautiful and haunting piece…an enthralling production…a uniquely mysterious and magical work.”
Read the full review of ICELAND: a reCreation Myth in Poison Put To Sound
“I have an allergy to things that call themselves opera but are not…So, when I attended Iceland, I was incredulous…But, by the end…I was so won-over that I’ve been talking about it to anyone who will listen.
Read the interview in Hollywood Soapbox
Hear the interview on KTU Cares Iceland
Original Vision: Maiden Voyage
Read the full review of Original Vision: Maiden Voyage in Broadway World
“Beautifully experimental, the hybrid, 15-minute, mythic short films perfectly translate for modern ears, ideals, and sensibilities. They are dark, full-bodied, delicious, and potent.”
Cynosemma: A Dirge from the Dog's Tomb
Read the full review of Cynosemma in the LA Times
"The beauty of the opera,...is finding where the differences lie, what is gray and what is silver, what is and what almost is"
"Jones, who is the formidable stoic Hecuba — as well as the composer — relies heavily on ancient Greek modes for a score redolent with chant."
Read the full review of Cynosemma in Stage Raw
"...the music, movement, and dialogue are enchanting..."
"...breathes new life into an ancient tale while still making it feel relevant to today’s audiences."
Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands
Read the full review for Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands in the Culver City Crossroads
"To say that it’s a unique piece of theater is a vast understatement."
"The cast is heroic. Beautiful voices, singing music that runs the spectrum from simple melody to woven harmony and percussive abstraction."
"It reminded me that this is one of the sacred aspects of theater, to gives us this reflection of the world that we don’t see when we are so caught in the daily details."
Read the full review for Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands in Compositions on Theater
"Overtone Industries’ new opera left me with an almost childlike sense of wonder and awe."
"Interweaving fact and fiction, dream and reality, performers and audience, this new opera becomes a living part of the audience’s own kinesthetic memory."
The Woman in the Wall
Read the full review of Woman in the Wall in Review Haiku
"...a lovely hypnotic odyssey set to medieval music."
"I liked the production as much for its ambition as I did for its musicality"
Read the full review of Woman in the Wall in Stage and Cinema
"O-Lan Jones’ shimmering score carries the evening’s entertainment in a flow of shifting vocal forces and orchestrations."
"creates an enduring experience that balances beauty of landscapes and soundscapes with thought-provoking theater."