2023 Creation Lab Performances – Program B
Free (RSVP required)
Mieke Doezema — Ghosts in the Forest (world premiere)
Spencer Edgers — Everything After (world premiere)
We are thrilled to present this year's performances of the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab. These performances will feature six new 20-minute works by composer and librettist teams as the culmination of a multi-month development project.
Hello World
Libretto by Hannah Schoettmer
Music by Kassey Castro
In a not-too-distant future, the broken-down service bot Fives and the sophisticated nanny android Vista hide out in a dank basement, taking shelter from an indifferent world that sees them as disposable machines. But when the spark of something more is kindled in them, the pair consider sacrificing everything in a desperate bid for freedom.
Ghosts in the Forest
Libretto by Darby Sherwood
Music by Mieke Johanna Doezema
A ghost wanders through the forest, searching for her body and uncovering old memories.
Content advisory: This piece contains language related to sexual assault – nothing is physicalized or simulated.
Everything After
Libretto by Elizabeth Howell
Music by Spencer Edgers
On a dark stormy night, the thunder sings its lullaby. Just kidding. It's an average misty night in Seattle; Roe is about to turn 30 and still wondering what they want to be when they grow up.