Event Alert: “One Hot Kitchen” Opera Electronica, from Metropolis Opera Project, Dec. 1-11th
NYC’s Metropolis Opera Project will present the world premiere of the opera electronica One Hot Kitchen, December 1st-11th, 8 PM at midtown’s Medicine Show Theatre (549 West 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, NYC). Tickets are $20 and may be purchased through SmartTix.
"One Hot Kitchen" premieres in NYC Dec. 1st-11th.
DJ spinned beats, electric violin and cello, guitar with singers and more are intertwined in this opera written by Kristin Hevner-Wyatt (Carnegie Hall, Birdland) and Daniel Wyatt (Grammy and Emmy nominated). One Hot Kitchen features a libretto by playwright David Caudle (Winner, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant, Show People), based on his play by the same title.
The cast will feature Wendi Bergamini, Katherine Cardin, Paris Carney, Peter Carrier, Kiersten Cunningham, Greer Davis, Michael Deleget, Karla Faggard, Thomas Hendrickson, Alex Krasser, Brian Long, Chris Loxley, Dave Reck, Alexandra Reed, Caroline Selia, Erica Steinhagen, Jonathan Tuzo and Dan Zakarija.
One Hot Kitchen will have scenic, lighting and costume design by Adrianna Desier Durantt, music direction by Christopher Wilson and will be guest-directed by Ithaca College Theatre faculty director and professor of acting, Norm Johnson.
Here’s the down-low on OHK: “One Hot Kitchen serves up a five-course feast in a Hell’s Kitchen walk-up. For starters, a couple fresh from the Midwest, followed by two gay men suddenly free to make it legal, mismatched roommates, a booty call gone bizarrely awry, and a tragic hypochondriac. Some are more seasoned than others, but all are trying desperately to connect.”
One Hot Kitchen was developed in part in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages.
For more information, visit the production’s page at RocketHub.
NYC’s Metropolis Opera Project was founded in 2008 by Broadway actor Zachary James (The Addams Family, South Pacific, Coram Boy), opera singer Megan Nelson (Knoxville Opera, Opera Providence) NYC composer Kristin Hevner-Wyatt (Carnegie Hall, Birdland) and violinist Kiersten Cunningham (Marigold Opera, The Helix Trio).
The organization presents new American works and rarely-heard operatic treasures in an intimate setting. Metropolis Opera Project’s year-round calendar includes full-length operas, a One-Act opera festival, a new works festival, as well as various concerts and performance art events around NYC. For more information visit http://www.MetropolisOperaProject.org.