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A MUSICALLY-IMPROVISED OPERA

 
   
   
 


        

"Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments—I submit; so let it be done!”

—John Brown's last words to the Virginia court—and sung again in the trial scene of John Brown's Truth opera—just before he was executed for "treason, and conspiring and advising with slaves and others to rebel, and murder in the first degree"

 

 

John Brown's Truth

a musically-improvised opera by William Crossman with an extraordinary cast of classical & jazz singers, musicians, dancers, spoken-word artists

Directed by Michael Lange

Performers include

Raymond Nat Turner • Eliza O’Malley • India Cooke • Maria Medina • Lewis Jordan • Akinyele Sadiq • Sandy Poindexter • Ava Square-LeVias • Sarita Cannon • Cheryl Schwartz • Zigi Lowenberg • Lea Weinstein • William Crossman • Henry Mobley •

Performances

Saturday, November 6, 2010, 8:00 pm

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 4:00 pm

San Francisco Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Tickets: General $15, Students $10

Sunday, December 5, 2010, 4:00 pm
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 4:00 pm

Live Oak Theatre

1301 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Tickets: General $15, Students $10


Tickets

brownpapertickets.com

1-800-838-3006, and at door


Info

For information, media contacts, publicity:
510-839-5691

A production of Mimesis, a performing arts organization/California non-profit 501(C)3