Gotham Chamber Opera’s DARK SISTERS November 9, 2011

Music by Nico Muhly, Libretto by Stephen Karam, Directed by Rebecca Taichman, Conducted by Neal Goren, Set and Video Design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer (for 59 Productions)

WORLD PREMIERE, a co-commission and co-production of Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia

November 9-19, 2011, The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
In a world where personal identity is forbidden, Dark Sisters follows one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous sect based in the Southwestern United States. Dark Sisters puts the women of the patriarchal FLDS sect front and center. The narrative draws inspiration from the flurry of media attention surrounding the two most famous raids on FLDS compounds (the 1953 raid at Short Creek, AZ, and the 2008 raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado, TX) as well as from the stories of the more than 80 wives of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
The cast will be headed by Caitlin Lynch and Kevin Burdette, with Kristina Bachrach, Jennifer Check, Eve Gigliotti, Margaret Lattimore, and Jennifer Zetlan. For more information, visit www.darksistersopera.org.

Official Website: http://www.darksistersopera.org