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Portable shows for your venue
Rameau's Pygmalion with period instruments
Pergolesi's Liv & Traco; Spanish/English lyrics; interpolated duets and choruses
Handel's Apollo e Dafne (available 2011)
Family Fare
A Victorian Christmas Carol Original script and lyrics, based on the Charles Dickens classic, with adapted Victorian songs and carols.
Michael Dutka's The Crowded House with woodwind quintet or piano
Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel in a new English version by Gina Crusco set in the 1950s.
Interactive Workshops
The Thomas/Hill drama
Will you vote to confirm Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court? Combining music from Benjamin Yarmolinsky's opera Clarence & Anita with role-playing from the actual transcripts from the 1991 hearings during which Anita Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment, the audience plays the Senate for a cathartic participatory experience.
For a sample of the music (not produced by UP), click here.
Julia: Music and Reflections
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) contributed much more to American life than "Glory, glory, Hallelujah!" She was involved in all the radical issues of her day, from abolition to women's suffrage, and spearheaded the original commemorations of Mother's Day as a celebration of antiwar values.
This recital of selections from the world premiere of music by Henry Papale, with historical and musical commentary, has been presented by the Riverdale Ethical Culture Society, the Waldwick (NJ) Public Library, the New York Civil War Roundtable, Greenwich House, and Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn).
To view UP's production of JULIA on YouTube.com please click here
Performing edition rental
Musically-sensitive abridgments, updated, with new English dialogue (except Cosi, which has new English/Spanish supertitles)
Così fan Tutte set on Cape Cod
The Marriage of Figaro set in a law firm
Don Giovanni set in a psych ward
Magic Flute set in a 1960s cult
Expert direction for your show
New York Times-praised director Gina Crusco expertly leads workshops, trainee programs, and full productions.
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