OPERAS
New works; collaborations with contemporary composers.
The Devil's Looking-Glass
Massachusetts 1691: a woman falsely accused of witchcraft summons a scarecrow to life, with the help of an ambitious minion of Mephistopheles. Based on a story by Nathaniel Hawthorn and a play by Percy MacKaye. Music by contemporary composer Ken Neufeld. 4 men, 2 women. Two acts.
Hunger
The musical’s full title is Hunger: still lifes of the Donner Expedition. It’s a haunting, touching look into ten moments in the lives of the brave men and women who were part of the doomed Donner Party expedition.
Hunger won the 2009 Stages Musical Theatre Festival in Chicago.