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WP Voice/Opera
Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and
Kamala Sankaram's Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers

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WP Voice/Opera<br>Leonard Bernstein's <i>Trouble in Tahiti</i> and<br>Kamala Sankaram's <i>Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers </i>

Overview

Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and
Kamala Sankaram's Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers

Christopher Herbert, producer and stage director
Chairty Wicks, music director

This double-bill production explores how families adapt during times of social change. Trouble in Tahiti focuses on a 1950's family in suburbia as they try to find connections amid constraining social norms. Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers challenges the idea of a of male-dominated society and considers what it would be like if girls led the world.

MONKEY AND FRANCINE IN THE CITY OF TIGERS

Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by David Johnston 
MONKEY AND FRANCINE IN THE CITY OF TIGERS was commissioned by
Houston Grand Opera and developed in partnership with American Lyric Theater
Premiered by Houston Grand Opera at the Heinen Theater
February 2, 2018

Performances in Hunziker Black Box Theatre
Wednesday, April 19 at 7pm
Friday, April 21 at 7pm
Saturday, April 22 at 7pm
Sunday, April 23 at 3pm

General Admission: $20 • $10 Students and WP Community

 

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