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(put your hometown’s name here): The OperaA series of site-specific operas that adapts to each host community, these shows weave hometown documentation with Squonk's aural and visual trickery. This meta-civic celebration, with an original score, is a heartfelt toast and a punk-vaudevillian roast. Wherever we go, there we are. So far we've created... We hope to Squonk your hometown next! Click here for more information. “Show me Baltimore, this show says to the people who live here, and I'll show you what you’re missing.” “a zany but serious look at Charleston…dance, song, cinema and theater – all flavored with a bit of circus.” “What one saw and heard blended the clever and the corny, the catchy and the kitschy, but one could not be left unmoved by the content, shaped so that the best about Bloomington, the vitality of its present and the nostalgia engendered by its past, could bask in the spotlight. The memorable and the simply amusing unfolded side by side in panorama fashion” “a healthy dose of civic celebration mingled with a friendly roast of hometown pride… “noisy, colorful, funny, outrageous” “a funny, frank and sometimes sentimental ode to Albany…a multimedia extravaganza of music, song, dance and video” “College Park gets its own opera – finally! – and it’s a doozy!” “an abstract music video of the town” “They struck out to tailor their opera to any city, anywhere in America. The project was genius, as the 90-minute work is not only portable but relevant to every hometown audience.” “The result is an unusual 90-minute ode to the Maryland suburb, including but not limited to rock-and-roll, projected videos, aerial footage, dancers and a puppet show. The elements blend together onstage to create a show that is at once playful and polished. A group of six musicians take the stage in tracksuits, pretending to be Olympic athletes at an over-the-top welcome-home ceremony. Then they sit down and play stunning, sophisticated music.” “a quirky, playful, music- and image-driven piece of performance art that offers a nontraditional view of a place you thought you knew” If you'd like your hometown to be SQUONKED, please contact us at info@squonkopera.org. To purchase a cd with the music from this production, please visit our store. Photos by Larry Rippel |
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