Opera Reading Project

We got into character, built worlds together, and so much more! Thanks to everyone who attended our Improv for Opera series — and thanks especially to our outstanding teacher Ashawnti Sakina Ford!

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Join us on May 18 for improv exercises in WORLD BUILDING! Learn how to focus as a performer and create a bigger world on the stage for your audience. All classes remaining in the series are just $30 each: tinyurl.com/operaimprov

➡️ May 18: Intro to World Building — Focusing on how to use the stage so your audience can imagine a bigger world.
➡️ TBD (being rescheduled): Intro to Ensemble Scenes — Focusing on how the whole group can tell a unified story.

About: This is offered as part of ORP’s mission to provide vocal artists with holistic educational experiences that focus on storytelling and fostering human connection. As such, these classes will NOT INVOLVE SINGING and will only focus on acting improvisation. Why no singing? While usually absent from a traditional operatic education, development of this kind can often have a profound effect on all major aspects of a singer’s work, including vocal technique. Each class is beginner-friendly and will have a special focus. Instructor: Ashawnti Sakina Ford’s work has been seen on such notable stages including: Children’s Theatre Company, the Jungle Theater, Penumbra Theatre, History Theatre, and Pillsbury House and Theatre. She has taught Improv and theatre near and far, spanning her hometown Minneapolis to as far as Liberia, Germany, Norway, Holland, and more.

2️⃣ classes remain! On May 18 we'll learn about WORLD BUILDING and how to focus as a performer and create a bigger world on the stage for your audience. You won't want to miss it! All classes remaining in the series are just $30 each: tinyurl.com/operaimprov

➡️ May 18: Intro to World Building — Focusing on how to use the stage so your audience can imagine a bigger world.
➡️TBD (being rescheduled): Intro to Ensemble Scenes — Focusing on how the whole group can tell a unified story.

About: This is offered as part of ORP’s mission to provide vocal artists with holistic educational experiences that focus on storytelling and fostering human connection. As such, these classes will NOT INVOLVE SINGING and will only focus on acting improvisation. Why no singing? While usually absent from a traditional operatic education, development of this kind can often have a profound effect on all major aspects of a singer’s work, including vocal technique. Each class is beginner-friendly and will have a special focus. Instructor: Ashawnti Sakina Ford’s work has been seen on such notable stages including: Children’s Theatre Company, the Jungle Theater, Penumbra Theatre, History Theatre, and Pillsbury House and Theatre. She has taught Improv and theatre near and far, spanning her hometown Minneapolis to as far as Liberia, Germany, Norway, Holland, and more

Each rehearsal has deepened our connection to this poignant and visceral music — can't wait for our one-night-only performance tomorrow. You won't want to miss the Twin Cities premiere of "Hydrogen Jukebox!"

🎟️: https://oshag.stkate.edu/event/opera-reading-project-presents-hydrogen-jukebox/frey-theater/
🗓️: Monday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
📍: The Frey Theater at St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, MN

Tickets are available through The O’Shaughnessy ticket office by calling 651-690, visit oshag.stakate.edu, or in person at 2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN.

Ticket prices are subject to a +2.75 online Etix fee. Tickets are $10 – $40 if booked directly through the Ticket Office in person or by phone at: 651-690-6700. Credit card transactions will also be charged a 3% processing fee. See Ticket Office information here. This event is General Admission seating and in The O’Shaughnessy’s Frey Theater. For accessibility information please click here: https://oshag.stkate.edu/plan-your-visit/accessibility/

MEET THE CAST OF "HYDROGEN JUKEBOX"
🎶: Wesley Frye (Synthesizer)
🎟️: https://oshag.stkate.edu/event/opera-reading-project-presents-hydrogen-jukebox/frey-theater/
🗓️: Monday, April 27 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
📍: The Frey Theater at St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, MN

Wesley Frye an in-demand music director, collaborative pianist, singer, and vocal coach throughout the Twin Cities and beyond. He has worked in these capacities with Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Theatre Latté Da, History Theatre, and Opera Naples, to name a few. Recent theatre credits include: "Strange Heart" (Open Eye Theatre); "I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change" (Chameleon Theatre); "My Fair Lady," "Passion," "Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella" (Theater Latté Da); "Big Fish" (Lyric Arts); and "Goosebumps: The Musical" (Park Square Theatre). Upcoming projects include "A Chorus Line" (Park Square Theatre) and "The Prom" (Lyric Arts).

Tickets are available through The O'Shaughnessy ticket office by calling 651-690, visit oshag.stakate.edu, or in person at 2004 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN.