Everything for Dawn
BRIEFLY
Everything for Dawn is a 10-episode video opera, made with Experiments in Opera. Jerry wrote Episode 5 (Aaron Siegel, composer) and Episode 8 (Clarice Assad, composer).
DESCRIPTION
Everything for Dawn is an original coming-of-age story spanning the 1990s. Dawn is a teenager dealing with the impact of her father’s suicide. Her personal tragedy becomes public when his paintings become celebrated as “outsider art.” With each episode written by a different librettist/composer pairing, the opera is an examination of the ways we seek solace in a broken world, community intersectionality, and the rationale for making art.
The team of writers in the EiO Writers' Room who collaborated on the libretto for Everything for Dawn includes Jason Cady, Adrienne Danrich, Lauren D’Errico, Krista Knight, Jerry Lieblich, and Jerome A. Parker.
The ten composers who each wrote a 20-minute episode of the full opera are: Clarice Assad, Jason Cady, Melissa Dunphy, Miguel Frasconi, Paul Kerekes, Phil Kline, Pauline Kim, Aaron Siegel, Kamala Sankaram, and Matthew Welch.
CAST
Mac Logan, Aaron Engebreth
Dawn Logan, Britt Hewitt
Gloria Logan, Sishel Claverie
Carla, Eliza Bonet
Anya, Maggie Finnegan
Ed, Joshua Conyers
Dr. Slade, Laura Strickling
Joy, Meroë Khalia Adeeb
ENSEMBLE
Karl Larson, Piano
Tristan Kasten-Krause, Bass
Matthew Evans, Percussion
Hannah Levinson, Viola
Maya Bennardo, Violin
Will Healy, Piano
CREATIVE TEAM
Director, Alison Moritz
Associate Director, Ian Silverman
Director of Photography, Eric Thomas Paton
Associate Director of Photography/ Editor, Travis Ford
Production Designer, Jean Kim
Technical Directors, Steven Brenman and Kya Naugle
Props Master, Jessica Smith
Costume Associate, Don-yá Ortiz
Projection Designer, Michael Redman
Lighting Designer, Stacey Boggs
Lighting Associate, Betsy Chester
Music Director, David Bloom
Sound Engineer, Jeff Cook