MƆɹNIŊ [MORNING//MOURNING]

In Partnership with the Yale Peabody Museum

What would happen on earth after humans disappeared? This experimental opera inhabits a world where humans no longer exist. Experience what The New York Times calls, “…sly and sweet, wistful and winsome and altogether lovable” an ensemble of five vocalist/multi-instrumentalists guide the audience through the changes on Earth as forests grow back, new species evolve, and the human-made world erodes away. This work is a fantastical and playful exploration into the dire political and ethical contradictions that structure current human relations with nature.

Created and written by: Gelsey Bell
Directed by: Tara Ahmadinejad
Musical arrangement by: Gelsey Bell & the ensemble
Scenic design by: Afsoon Pajoufar
Lighting design by: Masha Tsimring
Costume design by: Àsta Bennie Hostetter
Sound design by: Hidenori Nakajo 


Photo: Maria Baranova

Sly and sweet, wistful and winsome and altogether lovable.

Zachary Woolfe, New York Times