Everything for Dawn, episode 1: A Riot Grrrl at a Rave (2020)
Everything for Dawn is an original coming-of-age story spanning the 1990s. Dawn is a teenager dealing with the impact of her father’s suicide. Her personal tragedy becomes public when his paintings become celebrated as “outsider art.” Everything for Dawn celebrates multiple voices and aesthetic styles. A different pair of librettists and composers wrote each episode in this 10-episode TV opera.
Music and Words by Jason Cady
CAST
Britt Hewitt, Soprano
Sishel Claverie, Mezzo-Soprano
Eliza Bonet, Mezzo-Soprano
ENSEMBLE
Karl Larson, Piano
Tristan Kasten-Krause, Bass
Matthew Evans, Percussion
Hannah Levinson, Viola
Maya Bennardo, Violin
Will Healy, Piano
Jason Cady, Modular synthesizer
CREATIVE TEAM
Director, Alison Moritz
Associate Director, Ian Silverman
Director of Photography, Eric Thomas Paton
Associate Director of Photography/ Editor, Travis Ford
Production Designer, Jean Kim
Technical Directors, Steven Brenman and Kya Naugle
Props Master, Jessica Smith
Costume Associate, Don-yá Ortiz
Projection Designer, Michael Redman
Lighting Designer, Stacey Boggs
Lighting Associate, Betsy Chester
Music Director, David Bloom
Sound Engineer, Jeff Cook
Reaction video to Everything for Dawn by Ema Katrovas and Jim Osman
Everything for Dawn is reviewed or previewed in:
The New Yorker magazine, August 15, 2022
Opera News, March 2023
Theorema, June 2023
San Francisco Classical Voice, January 16, 2023
Schmopera November 1, 2022
Night After Night, October 11, 2022
Berkshire Fine Arts, October 6, 2022
Metro Weekly, March 12, 2023
