Prototype Festival 2014
Prototype is an annual festival of opera-theater and music-theater works in New York City. It is curated by Kristin Marting and Kim Whitener of HERE Art Center and Beth Morrison of Beth Morrison Projects. It launched in January 2013 and is one of the newer festivals on New York’s busy January festival calendar.
This year Prototype features seven productions over the course of 12 days. The shows range from completed pieces to works-in-progress. Audience members are welcome to join Prototype Conversations, post-show panel discussions featuring creative teams and leaders from the field of opera and musical theater.
LOCATIONS
| Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Ave. New York City |
HERE Art Center 145 6th Avenue New York City |
Roulette Theatre 509 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn |
Trinity Church 74 Trinity Place New York City |
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street New York City |
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DATES
January 8 – 19, 2014
TICKETS, SHOWS, & OTHER EVENTS
Tickets
$15 – $25 (click here to purchase tickets)
Shows
A world premiere, Thumbprint is a contemporary opera influenced by traditional Hindustani and Western classical music. It tells the story of a woman in Pakistan who is raped and brings her attackers to justice.
Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
The opera Have A Good Day! takes a critical look at capitalism by exploring the lives of 10 cashiers at a shopping centre.
Location: HERE Art Center (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
Paul’s Case is the operatic adaptation of Willa Cather’s short story of the same name about a boy’s journey at the turn-of-the-century from Pittsburgh to New York.
Location: HERE Art Center (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
Visitations: “Theotokia” and “The War Reporter”
Visitations is a set of one-act chamber operas: Theotokia, about a man taunted and seduced by the mother of God, and The War Reporter, about Pulitzer Prize-winning combat journalist Paul Watson and his struggle to rid himself of nightmares following his dangerous career.
Location: Roulette (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
In Angel’s Bone two fallen angels are held captive by a cunning couple hungry for wealth and fame.
Location: Trinity Church (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
Indie pop rock band Sky-Pony presents four themed performances inspired by the FOUR HUMORS of the Classical World. You can checkout Sky-Pony’s Say You Love Me Like You Mean It on iTunes and Amazon.
Location: HERE Art Center (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
For one performance only Elizaveta will appear at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater. Her music is a mashup of opera, pop, jazz, and soul.
Location: Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
Events
The festival offers a series of conversations following respective performances with the creative teams and leaders in the industry.