collaborations of merritt, 2021

Festival gallery website: https://merrittawards.com/collaborations-of-merritt-2021-festival-gallery/

OVERVIEW: My role in this festival was both as co-lead producer with director Joanie Schultz and also participating scenic designer on a dream production of Alice in Wonderland the Opera by Unsuk Chin.

Festival Goals:
1. To provide opportunities for new-found director-designer collaborations
2. To promote the work of Women, LBGTQIA+ and BIPOC playwrights/composers to both practitioners and theatre companies.

We connected and supported 27 designer-director teams of 85 artists to dream together hypothetical projects with the mandate to utilize scripts within these parameters. The festival culminated in an opening event, Festival Gallery Website and connecting teams with 26 Artistic Directors and Production Managers from throughout the Midwest.

PARTICIPATION PROJECT IN FESTIVAL: Alice In Wonderland Opera Composer Unsuk Chin, Libretto David Henry Hwang, Director Joanie Schultz, Scenic Design Chelsea M. Warren, Costume Design Izumi Inaba, Lighting Design Sarah Hughey