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July 15-17 at the REDCAT*
(*The Roy and Edina Disney/CalArts
Theater)
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Last Resort was done as a developmental workshop production at REDCAT in August of 2004. It follows the sailing journey of realization and mourning that the two leads/lovers, Pon and Deedo, experience after the end of the the world has drowned everyone except Benny, who was sealed in a creamery vat and therefore also survived. The chorus represents the ones who have died. Eventually Benny too perishes and the two men are left to face the world alone. The Voice, far left, sings the names of the dead for the entire one act of the opera, alternately soloing and blending with the orchestration.
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Last
Resort
Press
Release .:. Ticket
Info
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Music by
Curtis Heard
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Libretto by
Ken Roht
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Featuring
John Ballinger, Mark Bringleson and Ken Roht
Vocal Quartet
Emma Barton, Lisa Bode, Kevin Artigue, Raul
Clayton Staggs
Musicians
Diane Barkauskas, accordion; Jef Bek, percussion
and vibes;
Stan DeWitt, guitar; Scott McIntosh, woodwinds;
Kevin Welsh, bass; Cathy Woo, voice
This workshop
is made possible in part by a grant from the
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department
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