Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Alums Kat Cartusciello (Cycle 30), Casey Llewelyn (Cycle 32), Ernie Bird (Cycle 29), Sam Norman (Cycle 30), Benjamin Walton (Cycle 33), Zoe Ray Prawda (Cycle 31), Phyto Stratis (Cycle 13), Yunhye Park (Cycle 33), Michael Meketa Sanchez (Cycle 28), Sravya Saraswatula (Cycle 33), Stephen Anthony Elkins (Cycle 32), Adrien Radke (Cycle 33), Ziyan Yang (Cycle 32), Alecia Baxter (Cycle 33), Michael Light Oosterhout (Cycle 32), Alex Manaa (Cycle 33), John Carroll (Cycle 31), Ben Ginsberg (Cycle 31), Sequoia Sellinger (Cycle 33), Grey (Cycle 26), Andy Li (Cycle 33), Patrick Thompson (Cycle 27), Amos Wong (Cycle 33), and José Gabino Alba Rodríguez (Cycle 32) presented THE HUDSON GUILD OPERAS, a collection of twelve brand new 15-minute operas written by GMTWP alums and Year II students for the AOP-NYU Tisch Opera Lab, in conjunction with the professional opera company American Opera Projects and Tisch’s Department of Design. The operas were all inspired by the Hudson Guild, a historic community center founded in 1897 in Chelsea as part of the settlement house movement.
A Full List of the operas:
The Whole Story
Music by Kat Cartusciello (Cycle 30)
Libretto by Casey Llewelyn (Cycle 32)
Muckrakers
Music by Ernie Bird (Cycle 29)
Libretto by Sam Norman (Cycle 30)
The Hands That Planted
Music by Benjamin Walton (Cycle 33)
Libretto by Zoe Ray Prawda (Cycle 31)
Untitled
Music by Phyto Stratis (Cycle 13)
Libretto by Yunhye Park (Cycle 33)
Third Louise of the Gallery
Music by Michael Meketa Sanchez (Cycle 28)
Libretto by Sravya Saraswatula (Cycle 33)
Lift
Music by Stephen Anthony Elkins (Cycle 32)
Libretto by Adrien Radke (Cycle 33)
Chips!
Music by Ziyan Yang (Cycle 32)
Libretto by Alecia Baxter (Cycle 33)
Windy
Music by Michael Light Oosterhout (Cycle 32)
Libretto by Alex Manaa (Cycle 33)
To Rend a Dream
Music by John Carroll (Cycle 31)
Libretto by Ben Ginsberg (Cycle 31)
It’s Noon - Do You Know Where Your Plants Are?
Music by Sequoia Sellinger (Cycle 33)
Libretto by Grey (Cycle 26)
Tesserae
Music by Andy Li (Cycle 33)
Libretto by Patrick Thompson (Cycle 27)
Aging Gracefully (Or Not)
Music by Amos Wong (Cycle 33)
Libretto by José Gabino Alba Rodríguez (Cycle 32)