News
Upcoming performances and other news
As we do our final US based screening of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable Of The Sower The Opera 2015 NYUAD Arts Center performance it is right to show the final show of that run and it is right to repost Maiysha Kai beautiful article in The Root on our Parable journey. We start at 6pm on ArtsEmerson FB and Youtube pages. For those of you in the 8 PM – 10 PM UTC+08
Time zone Our final showing will be presented by Singapore International Festival of Arts as they kick off their virtual festival with Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower – The Concert Version May 25.
- Watch from the Singapore International Festival of the Arts: Monday May 22nd @ 8-10pm UTC+08
- Watch on Facebook: Friday May 15, 2020, more to come!
- Watch Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: A Concert Experience on May 22 @ 6pm EDT and explore Parable Path Boston
- The Root: Parable of the Songwriter: Toshi Reagon Explains Why an Octavia Butler-Inspired Opera Is More Relevant Than Ever
- Los Angeles Times: Commentary: How the spirit of protest is echoing across L.A.’s concert halls
History
Where we have been…
2020
- Royce Hall, UCLA: Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 2020
2018
- Holland Festival: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 20-21, 2018
- The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival: New York, NY, January 8-15, 2018
- Quick Center: Fairfield, CT, February 2-3, 2018
2017: Opera production
- World Premiere: Thursday-Saturday, November 9-11, 2017 Co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
- United States Premiere: Thursday-Friday, November 16-17, 2017 Carolina Performing Arts Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2015: Workshops residencies/Concert version
- Under the Radar, The Public Theater, New York, NY
- NYU Abu Dhabi
- Annenberg Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2016: Workshops residencies/Concert version
- Williams College
2017: Workshops residencies/Concert version
- Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)
- ArtsEmerson
Fall 2017
- World Premiere: Thursday-Saturday, November 9-11 @ 8pm
Co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - US debut: Thursday-Friday, November 16-17 @ 7:30pm
Carolina Performing Arts Center
Memorial Hall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 114 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3276, United States