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All Decisions Will Be Made by Consensus

Apr 24-26

The people are behind us, but is now the time to strike? A Zoom meeting of activists with radically conflicting styles, or a zoom meeting of radicals with actively conflicting styles. Don’t disclose your location. Remember our community agreements. One diva one mic. But wait, is it even possible to sing a brand new 15-minute opera over Zoom? THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

Run Time: 12 minutes

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All Decisions Will Be Made by Consensus was performed on Zoom and streamed via Facebook Live.

Composed by
Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by
Rob Handel
Directed by
Kristin Marting
Performed by
Paul An, Hai-Ting Chinn, Zachary James, Joan LaBarbara, Adrian Rosas, and Kamala Sankaram
With Special Guest
Joel Marsh Garland
Sound Consultant
Drew Fleming

Kamala Sankaram

KAMALA SANKARAM writes music that straddles the boundaries between opera, musical theater, Hindustani music, and jazz. She has received commissions from Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Beth Morrison Projects, the PROTOTYPE Festival, Opera Memphis, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, among others.

Rob Handel

ROB HANDEL is a librettist and playwright. Collaborations with composer Kamala Sankaram include THE INFINITE ENERGY OF ADA LOVELACE (American Lyric Theatre, Opera Ithaca), BOMBAY RICKEY (MEETS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DESIRE) (Prototype festival at HERE, Tête à Tête in London), and LOOKING AT YOU (developed at Opera America and BRIC Arts Media).

Kristin Marting

KRISTIN MARTING is a director of hybrid work based in NYC. Over the last 25 years, she has constructed 28 stage works, including 9 original hybrid works, 5 opera-theatre and music-theatre works, 9 reimaginings of novels and short stories and 5 classic plays.