An Opera by Jay Scheib and Anthony Gatto December 13, 2008

Gertrude Stein’s groundbreaking “cubist” novel, The Making of Americans, is the launching pad for this innovative, media-rich chamber opera. Celebrated Boston-based experimental theater director Jay Scheib, Brooklyn-based composer Anthony Gatto, local new-music stalwarts Zeitgeist, and upstart New York string quartet JACK conspire to reimagine Stein’s groundbreaking history of all humanity. This ambitious collaboration unfolds in front of sets by Minneapolis artist Chris Larson and Scheib’s signature live and processed video streams. In addition to JACK’s strings, live chorus, and six principal singer/actors, the unusual instrumentation includes accordions, autoharps, hurdy-gurdies, scrap-yard percussion, and church bells. Location : McGuire Theater. Price : $25, $21 Walker members.