an experimental Opera
Music by Michael Sahl and Lyrics by Nancy Manocherian
Directed by Kira Simring
a U.S. Premiere and Fully Staged Production
only four performances!
Described as a hybrid of Isaac Singer and Tony Kushner with a dollop of Phillip Roth. This piece explores temporal and mystical aspects of love and family with humor, passion and a score that ranges from contemporary Americana to klezmer.
Dinner and Delusion begins and ends with Passover Seders that take place sixty years apart. On Passover, 1949, a teenage boy misbehaves with his Aunt Rosie. When he is locked in a closet for his misdeeds, he meets the prophet Elijah, who tells him that Rosie is the Shekkinah, the apparition of God as a female body, a.k.a. the Eternal Feminine.
Tickets to all performances of Dinner and Delusion at the cell are $20 and include post-performance receptions. Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling 1-800-838-3006.
