ABOUT THE OPERA
NO MAN'S LAND tells the story of a Faustian bargain made by a young farm girl (Mezzo KAYLA RODRIGUEZ PÉREZ) during the Great Depression in Oklahoma’s panhandle. The two-act opera explores themes of desperation and resilience, set to song in high relief against the most devastating man-made climate disaster in American history.
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GEORGE’s composition is characteristically innovative, deftly weaving popular and historic elements into a contemporary and immersive soundscape with genre-bending features, and highlights Cabinet’s principal violinist ADAM VON HOUSEN. The violin takes life as a character in itself, conjuring the Devil (Tenor SHANE BROWN), who incarnates as a salesman for malevolent ends.
ORCHESTRA
ALICE JONES | FLUTES
MARA MAYER | CLARINETS
COLIN BABCOCK | TROMBONE
ADAM VON HOUSEN | VIOLIN
CHRISTINE ECHOLS | DOUBLE BASS
CHRIS GRAHAM | PERCUSSION
ANDREA CHRISTIE | PIANO
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WHITNEY GEORGE | CONDUCTOR
ANNA HEFLIN | ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
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CAST
MA | ERIN SCHWAB
PA | BENJAMIN HOWARD
TILLY | KAYLA RODRIGUEZ PÉREZ
SISSY | SARAH GOLDRAINER
SANTI | KEVIN ARRATIA-DIAZ
THE DEVIL | SHANE BROWN
LORAINE JONES | MAKAYLA MCDONALD
MISS BESSIE | ANGELA BORN
DOCTOR CHAMBERLIN | AARON PIERCE
EARL JONES | SHAFIQ HICKS
ATTILIO RIGOTTI | DIRECTOR
WHITNEY GEORGE | CO-DIRECTOR & COMPOSER
LUTHER FRANK | SCENOGRAPHER
SIERA | PROJECTION DESIGN
DUSTIN HOLTON | LIVE CAMERA DIRECTOR
BRITTNAY GOODWIN | TEXT